Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

नारायणगृहात्सौम्ये नातिदूरे व्यवस्थिता । तस्या मध्ये महादेवि तीर्थं त्रैलोक्यविश्रुतम्

Transliteration

nārāyaṇagṛhātsaumye nātidūre vyavasthitā | tasyā madhye mahādevi tīrthaṃ trailokyaviśrutam

Translation

“噢温柔者，她所在之处离那罗延的居所并不遥远。在她的中央，噢大女神，有一处渡口圣地（tīrtha），名闻三界。”

Word by Word

• nārāyaṇa-gṛhāt: from Nārāyaṇa’s house/temple
• nārāyaṇa-gṛhāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nārāyaṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + gṛha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (नारायणस्य गृहम्)

• saumye: O gentle lady
• saumye: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saumyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय; 'नातिदूरे' इत्यत्र उपसर्गवत् (not too)

• ati-dūre: at a great distance (here: not far)
• ati-dūre: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ati (अव्यय/उपसर्ग) + dūra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; समासः—अव्ययीभाव (अतिदूरे = very far; न + अतिदूरे = not very far)

• vyavasthitā: situated
• vyavasthitā: Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sthā (स्था धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त—क्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; (वि + अव + स्थित)

• tasyāḥ: of it/of her (river)
• tasyāḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• madhye: in the middle
• madhye: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: madhya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• mahādevi: O great goddess
• mahādevi: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahādevī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय (महान् देवी)

• tīrtham: a sacred ford/pilgrimage spot
• tīrtham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• trailokya-viśrutam: renowned in the three worlds
• trailokya-viśrutam: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tri-loka (प्रातिपदिक) + viśruta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (त्रैलोक्ये विश्रुतम् = renowned in the three worlds)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī / Mahādevī (vocatives: saumye, mahādevi)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sacred landscape in Prabhāsa: a serene tīrtha at the center, with a nearby shrine/abode of Nārāyaṇa indicated in the distance; the narrator addresses a goddess/Devi figure, emphasizing the tīrtha’s fame across the three worlds.

Characters & Entities

• Nārāyaṇa
• Nārāyaṇa-gṛha (abode/temple)
• Nyanku-matī River
• Trailokya
• Devī (Pārvatī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha’s greatness is reflected in its universal renown and its placement within a divinely ordered sacred landscape.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

A trailokya-famous tīrtha located within the Nyanku-matī river, near Nārāyaṇa’s abode, is being indicated (named in the next verse).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite; the verse provides proximity guidance for pilgrims.