Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

गतस्त्रैसंगमे तीर्थे तत्र पातालवर्त्मना । अस्मिन्मित्रवने देवि गव्यूतिद्वयविस्तृते

Transliteration

gatastraisaṃgame tīrthe tatra pātālavartmanā | asminmitravane devi gavyūtidvayavistṛte

Translation

他前往特莱桑伽摩圣渡口，并由通往地下界的道路而至。此处在密多罗林中，女神啊，方圆延展达两“伽毗优提”。

Word by Word

• गतः: gone
• गतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गम् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle, क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; (असौ इति कर्तरि)

• त्रैसंगमे: at the threefold confluence
• त्रैसंगमे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि (प्रातिपदिक) + संगम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्विगु-समास (threefold confluence), पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• तीर्थे: at the sacred ford/place of pilgrimage
• तीर्थे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; स्थानवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

• पातालवर्त्मना: by the subterranean path
• पातालवर्त्मना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाताल (प्रातिपदिक) + वर्त्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-तत्पुरुष (path through Pātāla), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• अस्मिन्: in this
• अस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (सामान्य), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• मित्रवने: in the Mitra-grove
• मित्रवने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मित्र (प्रातिपदिक) + वन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी-तत्पुरुष (Mitra-grove), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• देवि: O goddess
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• गव्यूतिद्वयविस्तृते: spread over two gavyūtis
• गव्यूतिद्वयविस्तृते: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गव्यूति (प्रातिपदिक) + द्वय (प्रातिपदिक) + विस्तृत (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (measure-extent: 'extended by two gavyūtis'), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (मित्रवने)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Traisaṅgama-tīrtha (in Mitravana)

Type: sangam

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (addressed as ‘devi’)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrimage-map scene: Balabhadra (or the narrative subject) moves toward a threefold confluence within Mitravana; the path is shown as both a surface forest trail and a symbolic underworld corridor (pātāla-vartman) beneath the earth; the grove spans ‘two gavyūtis’ with markers, streams meeting, and sacred trees.

Characters & Entities

• Traisaṅgama-tīrtha
• Pātāla
• Mitravana
• Devī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic tīrtha narratives map sacred geography with mythic pathways, teaching that the divine landscape spans seen and unseen realms.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Traisaṅgama-tīrtha and the grove called Mitravana within the Prabhāsa region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated; the verse primarily locates and describes the tīrtha and its setting.