Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

ईश्वर उवाच । ततो गच्छेन्महादेवि लिंगं देवैः प्रतिष्ठितम् । ज्ञात्वा प्रभावं क्षेत्रस्य सर्वपातकनाशनम्

Transliteration

īśvara uvāca | tato gacchenmahādevi liṃgaṃ devaiḥ pratiṣṭhitam | jñātvā prabhāvaṃ kṣetrasya sarvapātakanāśanam

Translation

ایشور نے فرمایا: “پھر اے مہادیوی! دیوتاؤں کے قائم کردہ لِنگ کے پاس جانا چاہیے؛ اس پُنیہ کھیتر کی تاثیر کو جان کر—جو ہر بڑے پاپ کا نाश کرنے والی ہے۔”

Word by Word

• ईश्वरः: Īśvara
• ईश्वरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

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

• ततः: then
• ततः: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• गच्छेत्: should go
• गच्छेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

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

• लिङ्गम्: liṅga; emblem (of Śiva)
• लिङ्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• देवैः: by the gods
• देवैः: Karana (Instrument/Agent-instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• प्रतिष्ठितम्: installed; established
• प्रतिष्ठितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रति + स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण

• ज्ञात्वा: having known
• ज्ञात्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive), क्रियापूर्वकत्व (prior action)

• प्रभावम्: power; greatness
• प्रभावम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• क्षेत्रस्य: of the sacred place
• क्षेत्रस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• सर्वपातकनाशनम्: destroying all sins
• सर्वपातकनाशनम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + पातक + नाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Amareśvara (deva-pratiṣṭhita liṅga in Prabhāsa-kṣetra)

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva (Īśvara) instructs Devī: a divine couple in a Himalayan-like divine court, pointing toward a coastal sacred map/vision of Prabhāsa; a radiant liṅga ‘established by the gods’ appears in a vision, surrounded by devas.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara (Śiva)
• Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
• Amareśvara
• Prabhāsakṣetra
• Devas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Knowing the sanctity of the kṣetra and approaching its deity is presented as a direct means to overcome even major moral impurities.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Amareśvara (the deva-installed liṅga) within Prabhāsakṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Visit the deva-established liṅga as part of the prescribed tīrtha-yātrā.