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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4

उमादेवीं ततो गच्छेत्सोमेश्वरसमीपतः । द्वितीयां तु ततो गच्छेद्दैत्यसूदनसन्निधौ

umādevīṃ tato gacchetsomeśvarasamīpataḥ | dvitīyāṃ tu tato gaccheddaityasūdanasannidhau

پھر سومیشور کے نزدیک اُما دیوی کے آستانے کی طرف جائے، اور اس کے بعد دوسرے مقدس مقام پر جائے جہاں دیتیہ سُودن کی حضوری ہے۔

umādevīmUmā Devī
umādevīm:
Karman (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootumā + devī (प्रातिपदिक; उमा-देवी-)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्म (object of going)
tataḥthen/from there
tataḥ:
Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottataḥ (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (adverb: from there/then)
gacchetshould go
gacchet:
Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootgam (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative/विधि), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्
someśvarasamīpataḥfrom near Someśvara
someśvarasamīpataḥ:
Apadana (Source/अपादान)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootsomeśvara + samīpa + tas (प्रातिपदिक + तसिल्; सोमेश्वर- + समीप-)
Formअव्यय (तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त adverbial ablative: “from near Someśvara”)
dvitīyāmthe second (one)
dvitīyām:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootdvitīyā (प्रातिपदिक; ordinal)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying an implied devī/śakti/arcā)
tubut/indeed
tu:
Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (particle: contrast/emphasis)
tataḥthen/from there
tataḥ:
Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottataḥ (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (adverb)
gacchetshould go
gacchet:
Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootgam (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative/विधि), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्
daityasūdanasannidhauin the presence/near Daityasūdana
daityasūdanasannidhau:
Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootdaitya-sūdana + sannidhi (प्रातिपदिक; दैत्यसूदन- + सन्निधि-)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरणे (at the vicinity/presence)

Narratorial voice (pilgrimage itinerary within the Māhātmya)

Tirtha: Umādevī-sannidhi; Daityasūdana-sannidhi (Prabhāsa-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Scene: A pilgrim exits Someshvara’s vicinity and walks to Umādevī’s shrine, then continues to Daityasūdana’s presence; the path is shown as a sacred circuit with temple markers and offerings in hand.

U
Umādevī
S
Someśvara
D
Daityasūdana

FAQs

Pilgrimage is undertaken step-by-step, honoring multiple manifestations of the Divine across closely linked sacred sites.

Prabhāsa Kṣetra—specifically the vicinity of Someśvara, with connected shrines of Umādevī and Daityasūdana.

A prescribed sequence of visitation (darśana) to Umādevī near Someśvara, then onward to Daityasūdana’s vicinity.