Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

ईश्वर उवाच । ततो गच्छेन्महादेवि तस्माद्दक्षिणतः स्थितम् । भार्गवेश्वरनामानं सर्वपापप्रणाशनम्

Transliteration

īśvara uvāca | tato gacchenmahādevi tasmāddakṣiṇataḥ sthitam | bhārgaveśvaranāmānaṃ sarvapāpapraṇāśanam

Translation

ایشور نے فرمایا: “پھر اے مہادیوی! اس مقام کے جنوب میں واقع اُس دھام کی طرف جانا چاہیے جسے بھارگویشور کہا جاتا ہے، جو تمام پاپوں کا ناش کرنے والا ہے۔”

Word by Word

• ईश्वरः: Īśvara
• ईश्वरः: Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• ततः: then; from there
• ततः: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रम/हेतुवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (then/from there)

• गच्छेत्: should go
• गच्छेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; विध्यर्थ (should go)

• महादेवि: O Mahādevī
• महादेवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महादेवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• तस्मात्: from that (place)
• तस्मात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• दक्षिणतः: to the south (of it)
• दक्षिणतः: Adhikarana (Directional/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दक्षिणतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; दिक्प्रदर्शक क्रियाविशेषण (directional adverb: to the south/right)

• स्थितम्: situated (one)
• स्थितम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; ‘(लिङ्गम्/स्थानम्) स्थितम्’ इत्यर्थे

• भार्गवेश्वरनामानम्: (the shrine) named Bhārgaveśvara
• भार्गवेश्वरनामानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भार्गव-ईश्वर-नामन् (प्रातिपदिक; भार्गव + ईश्वर + नामन्)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (भार्गवस्य ईश्वरः) + ‘नामानम्’ (named)

• सर्वपापप्रणाशनम्: destroyer of all sins
• सर्वपापप्रणाशनम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व-पाप-प्रणाशन (प्रातिपदिक; सर्व + पाप + प्रणाशन)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (सर्वेषां पापानां प्रणाशनम्) विशेषणम्

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bhārgaveśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva (Īśvara) instructs Mahādevī on pilgrimage direction: a map-like sacred landscape with a prominent liṅga shrine labeled Bhārgaveśvara to the south; devotees walking with water-pots and flower baskets.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara (Śiva)
• Mahādevī
• Bhārgaveśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage undertaken with reverence to Śiva’s tīrthas is presented as a means of inner purification and the removal of sin.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Bhārgaveśvara, a Śiva-liṅga/shrine located to the south within the sacred landscape of Prabhāsa-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A directional pilgrimage instruction is given: one should proceed to the southern shrine; no specific ritual items are detailed in this verse.