Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

पूर्वे यमेश्वरं यावच्छ्रीसोमेशं तु पश्चिमे । उत्तरे तु विशालाक्षी दक्षिणे सरितां पतिः

Transliteration

pūrve yameśvaraṃ yāvacchrīsomeśaṃ tu paścime | uttare tu viśālākṣī dakṣiṇe saritāṃ patiḥ

Translation

مشرق میں یَمیشور تک، مغرب میں مبارک سومیش تک؛ شمال میں وِشالاکشی، اور جنوب میں دریاؤں کے پتی—یوں یہ مقدّس حد قائم ہے۔

Word by Word

• pūrve: in the east
• pūrve: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pūrva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; दिक्शब्द (direction term)

• yameśvaram: Yameśvara
• yameśvaram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yama + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (yamasya īśvaraḥ)

• yāvat: up to
• yāvat: Sambandha (Limit/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yāvat (अव्यय/निपात)
• Form: परिमाण/अवधिबोधक अव्यय (limit marker: 'up to/as far as')

• śrīsomeśam: Śrī Someśa
• śrīsomeśam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī + soma + īśa (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (somasya īśaḥ) + श्री-पूर्वपद

• tu: and/indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण/विरोधार्थक अव्यय (particle)

• paścime: in the west
• paścime: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: paścima (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; दिक्शब्द

• uttare: in the north
• uttare: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: uttara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; दिक्शब्द

• tu: and/indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण/विरोधार्थक अव्यय (particle)

• viśālākṣī: Viśālākṣī (the wide-eyed one)
• viśālākṣī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viśāla + akṣī (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (viśāle akṣiṇī yasyāḥ सा) नामरूपेण

• dakṣiṇe: in the south
• dakṣiṇe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dakṣiṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; दिक्शब्द

• saritām: of rivers
• saritām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarit (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• patiḥ: lord (husband/master)
• patiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Characters & Entities

• Yameśvara
• Someśa/Someśvara
• Viśālākṣī
• Saritāṃ Pati (Lord of rivers)
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred places are understood not only by devotion but also by knowing their traditional boundaries and guardian shrines.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, described through its directional boundary deities/shrines.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is prescribed here; the verse maps the holy geography for pilgrimage understanding.