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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 100

Devanagari script

गंतव्यानि महादेवि स्वधर्मस्य विवृद्धये । अशक्यानि शिवान्येवं गंतुं चैव सुरेश्वरि । मनसा तानि सर्वाणि गंतव्यानि समाहितैः

Transliteration

gaṃtavyāni mahādevi svadharmasya vivṛddhaye | aśakyāni śivānyevaṃ gaṃtuṃ caiva sureśvari | manasā tāni sarvāṇi gaṃtavyāni samāhitaiḥ

Translation

这些圣地（tīrtha）应当前往朝礼，噢大女神，为增长自身之法（dharma）。然而，噢湿婆女神，噢天众之主后，欲尽赴诸处实不可得；故当摄心安住，以意念遍“巡礼”一切圣地。

Word by Word
गन्तव्यानिto be visited / should be gone to
गन्तव्यानि:
Kriya-Visheshana (Obligation/विधेय)
TypeVerb
Rootगम् (धातु)
Formतव्यत्-प्रत्ययान्त (gerundive/obligative) ‘गन्तव्य’; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Neuter, Nominative, Plural; विधेय (ought to be gone to)
महादेविO great goddess
महादेवि:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootमहादेवी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Vocative, Singular
स्वधर्मस्यof one’s own duty
स्वधर्मस्य:
Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootस्व (प्रातिपदिक) + धर्म (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Masculine, Genitive, Singular
विवृद्धयेfor the increase
विवृद्धये:
Sampradana/Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
TypeNoun
Rootवि + वृध् (धातु) → विवृद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (सम्प्रदान/प्रयोजन), एकवचन; Feminine, Dative (4th), Singular
अशक्यानिimpossible (to do)
अशक्यानि:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootअ (निषेध) + शक्य (प्रातिपदिक; from शक् धातु)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Neuter, Nominative, Plural; विशेषणम् (predicate) गन्तव्यानि/तीर्थाणि प्रति
शिवानिauspicious
शिवानि:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootशिव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Neuter, Nominative, Plural; विशेषणम्
एवम्thus/in this way
एवम्:
Kriya-Visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएवम् (अव्यय)
Formप्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of manner)
गन्तुम्to go
गन्तुम्:
Kriya-Artha (Infinitival purpose/क्रियार्थ)
TypeVerb
Rootगम् (धातु)
Formतुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (infinitive)
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)
एवindeed/just
एव:
Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formअवधारण-अव्यय (particle of emphasis)
सुरेश्वरिO queen/lady of the gods
सुरेश्वरि:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootसुरेश्वरी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Vocative, Singular
मनसाby the mind
मनसा:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootमनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन; Neuter, Instrumental (3rd), Singular
तानिthose (places)
तानि:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Neuter, Accusative, Plural
सर्वाणिall
सर्वाणि:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Neuter, Accusative, Plural; विशेषणम् तानि प्रति
गन्तव्यानिshould be visited
गन्तव्यानि:
Kriya-Visheshana (Obligation/विधेय)
TypeVerb
Rootगम् (धातु)
Formतव्यत्-प्रत्ययान्त (gerundive/obligative); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Neuter, Nom./Acc., Plural; पुनरुक्ति (repetition for emphasis)
समाहितैःby the concentrated/collected (ones)
समाहितैः:
Karana (Means/करण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसम् + आ + धा (धातु) → समाहित (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Masculine, Instrumental, Plural; विशेषणम् (agent-instrument) जनैः (understood) प्रति
Speaker

Śiva

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mānasa-tīrtha-yātrā (doctrinal tīrtha)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārvatī (Mahādevī, Sureśvarī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pārvatī and Śiva in calm dialogue; behind them a cosmic map-like vision of countless tīrthas appearing as luminous points. A devotee sits in meditation, ‘traveling’ inwardly to those sites.

Characters & Entities
M
Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
Ś
Śivā (Pārvatī)
S
Sureśvarī (Pārvatī)
T
Tīrthas

FAQs

When physical pilgrimage is not feasible, sincere mental pilgrimage with a focused mind is affirmed as a dharmic alternative.

The teaching applies to all tīrthas, within the Prabhāsa-kṣetra Māhātmya’s broader glorification of sacred travel.

Practice mānasa-yātrā (mental visitation) with samāhita-citta (collected attention) to access tīrtha merit.

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