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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

ईश्वर उवाच । ततो गच्छेन्महादेवि सावित्रीं लोकमातरम् । महा पापप्रशमनीं सोमेशादीशदिक्स्थिताम्

Transliteration

īśvara uvāca | tato gacchenmahādevi sāvitrīṃ lokamātaram | mahā pāpapraśamanīṃ someśādīśadiksthitām

Translation

自在天说道：其后，伟大女神啊，当往诣娑毗特丽（Sāvitrī），诸世界之母——能平息重罪者——安住于自（方位）苏摩伊湿伐罗（Someśa）起始之方向。

Word by Word
ईश्वरःĪśvara (Lord Śiva)
ईश्वरः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद
ततःthen; thereafter
ततः:
Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; काल/क्रमवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of sequence: 'then/from there')
गच्छेत्should go
गच्छेत्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootगम् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद
महादेविO great goddess
महादेवि:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootमहादेवी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (8th/Vocative), एकवचन; समासः—महान् + देवी
सावित्रीम्Sāvitrī
सावित्रीम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootसावित्री (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन
लोकमातरम्mother of the world
लोकमातरम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootलोकमातर् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः—लोकस्य माता
महाgreat
महा:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootमहा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्ययवत्-प्रयोग (indeclinable-like prefix/adjective); ‘great’—अत्र ‘पाप’ विशेषणार्थे
पापप्रशमनीम्the pacifier of sins
पापप्रशमनीम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootपाप-प्रशमनी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समासः—पापस्य प्रशमनी (one who pacifies sin)
सोमेशSoma-lord (Śiva)
सोमेश:
Samasa-member (Compound component)
TypeNoun
Rootसोमेश (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-एकवचन (stem form as compound member); समासः—सोमस्य ईशः
आदिशbeginning with
आदिश:
Samasa-member (Compound component)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआदि (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय; ‘आदि’ = ‘beginning with’ (etc.)—समासाङ्ग
दिक्direction
दिक्:
Samasa-member (Compound component)
TypeNoun
Rootदिश्/दिक् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक-रूप (compound member)
स्थिताम्situated
स्थिताम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootस्था (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि/भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; ‘स्थित’ = situated
सोमेशादिशदिक्स्थिताम्situated in the directions beginning with Someśa
सोमेशादिशदिक्स्थिताम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसोमेश + आदि + दिक् + स्थित (समस्तपद)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समासः—(सोमेशादि) + (दिक्) + (स्थित) = ‘situated in the directions beginning with (the quarter of) Someśa’
Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sāvitrī (Lokamātā) at Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva instructs Devī about the next stop in the pilgrimage circuit: a shrine of Sāvitrī, maternal and radiant, placed along a directional axis from Someśa; pilgrims move in an orderly parikramā line with lamps and offerings.

Characters & Entities
Ī
Īśvara (Śiva)
M
Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
S
Sāvitrī
S
Someśa
P
Prabhāsakṣetra

FAQs

The Māhātmya frames the Goddess as a purifying refuge within sacred geography—pilgrimage becomes a moral and spiritual reorientation.

The Sāvitrī shrine/tirtha within Prabhāsakṣetra, located with reference to the quarter of Someśa.

To go to Sāvitrī as part of the prescribed pilgrimage circuit (tīrtha-yātrā).

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