Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

ईश्वर उवाच । ततो गच्छेन्महादेवि आदिनारायणं हरिम् । तस्याश्च पूर्वदिग्भागे सर्वपातकनाशनम्

Transliteration

īśvara uvāca | tato gacchenmahādevi ādinārāyaṇaṃ harim | tasyāśca pūrvadigbhāge sarvapātakanāśanam

Translation

自在天（Īśvara）说道：随后，噢大女神，应前往阿底那罗延那（Ādinārāyaṇa）——哈利（Hari）。而在与其相邻的东方，有一处能灭尽一切罪业之地。

Word by Word

• īśvaraḥ: Īśvara
• īśvaraḥ: Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; ततो-शब्दः (adverb: ‘then/from there’)

• gacchet: should go
• gacchet: Kriya (Injunctive/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (धातु)
• Form: लोट्/विधिलिङ् (आज्ञार्थ/विध्यर्थ; context: injunction), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; ‘let (one) go’

• mahādevi: O great goddess
• mahādevi: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā + devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (महती देवी)

• ādi-nārāyaṇam: Ādi-Nārāyaṇa
• ādi-nārāyaṇam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ādi + nārāyaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (आदिः नारायणः)

• harim: Hari (Viṣṇu)
• harim: Karma (Appositional object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hari (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; ‘हरि’ विष्णुनाम

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

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक

• pūrva-dik-bhāge: in the eastern part/direction
• pūrva-dik-bhāge: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pūrva + diś + bhāga (प्रातिपदिकसमूह)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (पूर्वायां दिशि भागः)

• sarva-pātaka-nāśanam: (a place) that destroys all sins
• sarva-pātaka-nāśanam: Karma (Object complement/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva + pātaka + nāśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st)/द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (सर्वपातकानां नाशनम्); अत्र विशेष्य-लोपे स्थानवाचकं (a place that destroys sins)

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ādinārāyaṇa (within Prabhāsa-kṣetra) and an eastern pāpa-nāśaka spot

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Devī/Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva (Īśvara) instructs Devī on a pilgrimage route: pointing toward a shrine of Ādinārāyaṇa; to the east, a luminous patch of ground/water signifying ‘sarva-pātaka-nāśana’.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (Īśvara)
• Mahādevī
• Ādinārāyaṇa
• Hari
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred geography is a dharmic map: moving from shrine to shrine with reverence is presented as a path of purification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ādinārāyaṇa (Hari) at Prabhāsa-kṣetra, with an additional sin-destroying spot to its east.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Going (gacchet) to the shrine—i.e., undertaking a local tīrtha-yātrā within Prabhāsa-kṣetra.