Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

अथ क्षेत्रस्य परिधिस्थानं मधुमतीति च । तस्मान्नैरृत्यदिग्भागे स्थानं खंडघटेति च

Transliteration

atha kṣetrasya paridhisthānaṃ madhumatīti ca | tasmānnairṛtyadigbhāge sthānaṃ khaṃḍaghaṭeti ca

Translation

اب کْشیتْر کی حد بندی پر واقع مقام کو بھی ‘مدھومتی’ کہا جاتا ہے۔ وہاں سے نَیرِتْیَ (جنوب مغرب) سمت میں ‘کھنڈگھٹ’ نام کا ایک اور مقدس مقام ہے۔

Word by Word

• अथ: then, now
• अथ: Sambandha (Textual connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (discourse particle)

• क्षेत्रस्य: of the sacred field (kṣetra)
• क्षेत्रस्य: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th case), एकवचन

• परिधिस्थानम्: the boundary-location
• परिधिस्थानम्: Karma/Viśeṣya (Object/Topic)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परिधि + स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः—परिधेः स्थानम् (a boundary-place)

• मधुमती: (named) Madhumatī
• मधुमती: Karta (Predicate name)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधुमती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन (नाम)

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: इत्यादि-निपात (quotative)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-निपात (conjunction)

• तस्मात्: from that (place)
• तस्मात्: Apādāna (Ablative: 'from that')
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, पञ्चमी (5th case), एकवचन

• नैरृत्यदिग्भागे: in the south-western quarter
• नैरृत्यदिग्भागे: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नैरृत्य + दिक् + भाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (भाग), सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन; समासः—नैरृत्यायाः दिशः भागः (in the south-western direction-part)

• स्थानम्: a place
• स्थानम्: Karma/Viśeṣya (Object/Topic)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• खण्डघटा: (named) Khaṇḍaghaṭā
• खण्डघटा: Karta (Predicate name)
• Type: Noun
• Root: खण्डघटा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन (नाम)

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: इत्यादि-निपात (quotative)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-निपात (conjunction)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Madhumatī (paridhi-sthāna) and Khaṇḍaghaṭa

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (addressed as Deveśi in adjacent verses)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim-guide scene: the sacred coastal kṣetra is shown as a mapped landscape with a boundary-station named Madhumatī; a path turns to the south-west toward a named ghāṭa/landing called Khaṇḍaghaṭa, with directional markers and sea breeze.

Characters & Entities

• Madhumatī
• Khaṇḍaghaṭa
• Prabhāsa Kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred space is defined with named boundaries; knowing the kṣetra’s limits is part of honoring and correctly traversing the tīrtha.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The boundary locale Madhumatī and the south-western site Khaṇḍaghaṭa within Prabhāsa Kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse provides pilgrimage-cartography (paridhi-sthāna and directional location).