Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

ईश्वर उवाच । ततो गच्छेन्महादेवि योगेश्वरमिति श्रुतम् । कामेशाद्वायवे भागे धनुषां सप्तके स्थितम्

Transliteration

īśvara uvāca | tato gacchenmahādevi yogeśvaramiti śrutam | kāmeśādvāyave bhāge dhanuṣāṃ saptake sthitam

Translation

اِیشور نے فرمایا: پھر، اے مہادیوی، ‘یوگیشور’ کے نام سے مشہور لِنگ کے درشن کو جانا چاہیے؛ جو کامیشور سے بایَوِیَہ (شمال مغرب) سمت میں سات دھنُو (کمان کے پیمانے) کے فاصلے پر واقع ہے۔

Word by Word

• īśvaraḥ: Īśvara
• īśvaraḥ: Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative), एकवचनम्

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकारः (Perfect), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथम-पुरुषः (3rd person), एकवचनम्

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; तदनन्तरार्थक-क्रियाविशेषणम् (then/thereafter)

• gacchet: should go
• gacchet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथम-पुरुषः (3rd person), एकवचनम्; विध्यर्थः (one should go)

• mahādevi: O great goddess
• mahādevi: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahādevī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, सम्बोधन-विभक्तिः (Vocative), एकवचनम्

• yogeśvaram: Yogeśvara (the Lord of Yoga)
• yogeśvaram: Karma (Object/Goal/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yoga (प्रातिपदिक) + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (Accusative), एकवचनम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (yogasya īśvaraḥ)

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरणार्थक-अव्ययम् (quotative)

• śrutam: is known (as)
• śrutam: Karta (Predicate/कर्ता-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śru (धातु) + kta (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative), एकवचनम्; क्त-प्रत्ययान्तम् (heard/known as)

• kāmeśāt: from Kāmeśa
• kāmeśāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāmeśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, पञ्चमी-विभक्तिः (Ablative), एकवचनम्

• vāyave: towards the Vāyu (northwest) direction
• vāyave: Sampradana (Direction/Goal/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāyu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, चतुर्थी-विभक्तिः (Dative), एकवचनम्; दिशि/भागे प्रयुक्तः (towards Vāyu-direction)

• bhāge: in the region/part
• bhāge: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः (Locative), एकवचनम्

• dhanuṣām: of bows (as a measure)
• dhanuṣām: Sambandha (Measure relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhanus (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, षष्ठी-विभक्तिः (Genitive), बहुवचनम्

• saptake: at the distance of seven (bows)
• saptake: Adhikarana (Location/Measure/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saptaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः (Locative), एकवचनम्; परिमाणवाचकः (in a set/measure of seven)

• sthitam: situated
• sthitam: Karta (Predicate/कर्ता-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sthā (धातु) + kta (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative), एकवचनम्; क्त-प्रत्ययान्तं (situated), विशेषणम् (of yogeśvaram understood as liṅga/स्थान)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Yogeśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva instructs Pārvatī on the route within Prabhāsa: the pilgrim moves from Kāmeśvara toward the northwest to reach the Yogeśvara liṅga, with the sacred landscape shown as a consecrated map.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara (Śiva)
• Mahādevī
• Yogeśvara
• Kāmeśvara
• Vāyu (direction)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇa frames pilgrimage as a guided sacred journey, where moving through holy space is itself a dharmic practice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Yogeśvara in Prabhāsa Kṣetra, described relative to Kāmeśvara.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A pilgrimage instruction: go to Yogeśvara, located northwest of Kāmeśvara at seven dhanu distance.