Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 72

Devanagari script

ऐशान्यामीश्वरं विंद्यादाग्नेय्यामग्निरुच्यते । नैऋतेति विरूपाक्षं पवनं वायुगोचरे

Transliteration

aiśānyāmīśvaraṃ viṃdyādāgneyyāmagnirucyate | naiṛteti virūpākṣaṃ pavanaṃ vāyugocare

Translation

شمال مشرق میں ایشور کو پہچانے؛ جنوب مشرق میں اگنی کہا گیا ہے۔ جنوب مغرب میں وِروپاکش ہے، اور وایو کے خطّے میں پون (ہوا) ہے۔

Word by Word

• aiśānyām: in the north-east (direction)
• aiśānyām: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aiśānī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण (locative of place/direction)

• īśvaram: Īśvara (Lord)
• īśvaram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्म (object)

• vindyāt: one should know/recognize
• vindyāt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vid (विद्)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/विधिलिङ्), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• āgneyyām: in the south-east (direction)
• āgneyyām: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āgneya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरण (direction)

• agniḥ: Agni (fire-god)
• agniḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: agni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; कर्ता

• ucyate: is said/called
• ucyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (वच्)
• Form: लट् (Present/लट्), कर्मणि प्रयोग (Passive), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• naiṛtā: in the south-west (direction)
• naiṛtā: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: naiṛta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; (दिक्-विशेषः) अधिकरण

• iti: thus/so (quoting)
• iti: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: इति-शब्दः; उद्धरण/वाक्यसमाप्तिसूचक (quotative particle)

• virūpākṣam: Virūpākṣa
• virūpākṣam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: virūpa + akṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्म; समासः—कर्मधारय (विरूपः अक्षी यस्य)

• pavanam: the wind (Pavana)
• pavanam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pavana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्म (apposition to virūpākṣam)

• vāyu-gocare: in the region/domain of Vāyu
• vāyu-gocare: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāyu + gocara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरण; समासः—तत्पुरुष (वायोः गोचरः = वायुगोचरः)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced from Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A four-quadrant directional tableau around a central shrine: Īśvara in the northeast with serene Śaiva aura; Agni blazing in the southeast; Virūpākṣa fierce in the southwest; Pavana as wind-god in the northwest, all guarding Prabhāsa.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara
• Agni
• Virūpākṣa
• Pavana/Vāyu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred space is dharmically structured: knowing the Lord and the presiding powers of each direction supports correct worship and inner alignment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, described through a directional theology that elevates the site as a complete sacred mandala.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A directional recognition/placement (nyāsa of space): identify Īśvara, Agni, Virūpākṣa, and Pavana in their respective quarters during worship.