Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

ईश्वर उवाच । ततो गच्छेन्महादेवि देवं गणपतिप्रियम् । तत्रैव संस्थितं सम्यङ्मया तत्र नियोजितः

Transliteration

īśvara uvāca | tato gacchenmahādevi devaṃ gaṇapatipriyam | tatraiva saṃsthitaṃ samyaṅmayā tatra niyojitaḥ

Translation

自在天（Īśvara）说道：随后，噢大女神，应前往那位为象头神伽内沙（Gaṇapati）所钟爱的神祇；他已在彼处安住得当，乃由我亲自任命安置于彼。

Word by Word

• ईश्वरः: Īśvara (Lord Śiva)
• ईश्वरः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रम/अनन्तरार्थक अव्यय (then/thereafter)

• गच्छेत्: should go
• गच्छेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), मध्यम-पुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• महादेवि: O great goddess
• महादेवि: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महादेवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• देवम्: the god (deity)
• देवम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• गणपतिप्रियम्: dear to Gaṇapati
• गणपतिप्रियम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गणपति (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (qualifier)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक अव्यय (there)

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक (emphatic/only)

• संस्थितम्: situated, stationed
• संस्थितम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-स्था (धातु) + क्त (प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• सम्यक्: properly
• सम्यक्: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्यक् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: properly)

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (there)

• नियोजितः: (he) has been appointed/assigned
• नियोजितः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नि-युज् (धातु) + क्त (प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (अत्र) कर्तृवाच्य-प्रयोगे ‘appointed/assigned’

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva instructs Devī, pointing toward a nearby shrine: a steadfast guardian deity, honored by Gaṇapati, stands at the edge of the sacred precinct, symbolically ‘stationed’ to protect the kṣetra.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara (Śiva)
• Gaṇapati
• Deity beloved of Gaṇapati (unnamed in this verse)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred sites are protected and organized by divine ordinance; pilgrimage follows a revealed sequence of darśana.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A specific deity-station within Prabhāsa Kṣetra (named by function: beloved of Gaṇapati), indicating a localized shrine in the kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A pilgrimage instruction: “one should go” to that deity for darśana and worship.