Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 40

Devanagari script

तस्माद्वज्रेण देवेन्द्रस्तवैतल्लिंगमुत्तमम् । छादयिष्यति सर्वत्र यदि त्वं मन्यसे प्रभो

Transliteration

tasmādvajreṇa devendrastavaitalliṃgamuttamam | chādayiṣyati sarvatra yadi tvaṃ manyase prabho

Translation

«فلذلك، يا ربّ، إن رأيتَ ذلك حسنًا، فإن ديفيندرا (إندرا) سيُغَطّي هذا اللِنگا الممتاز لك في كل موضعٍ بالڤَجْرَة (vajra، الصاعقة)، لئلا يُقْتَرَب منه بلا تمييز».

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: from that; therefore
• तस्मात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), पुँलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन (Singular)

• वज्रेण: with the thunderbolt
• वज्रेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वज्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• देवेन्द्रः: Indra, lord of the gods
• देवेन्द्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवेन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुँलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम-विशेषण (pronominal adjective), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• लिङ्गम्: liṅga; emblem
• लिङ्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• उत्तमम्: excellent; supreme
• उत्तमम्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: विशेषण (adjective), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; लिङ्गम् इति विशेष्यस्य विशेषणम्

• छादयिष्यति: will cover; will conceal
• छादयिष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: छाद् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• सर्वत्र: everywhere
• सर्वत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable), स्थानवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (Condition marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, शर्तार्थक-समुच्चय/निपात (conditional particle)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• मन्यसे: think; consider
• मन्यसे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मन् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपदम्, मध्यम-पुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन

• प्रभो: O Lord
• प्रभो: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुँलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

Speaker

The Devas (gods), implied continuation

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda-liṅga (contextual)

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devas propose Indra’s vajra forming a protective cover or boundary around the radiant liṅga—depicted as a shimmering, thunderbolt-like lattice or dome, signifying controlled access.

Characters & Entities

• Indra (Devendra)
• Vajra
• Śiva-liṅga
• Śiva (Prabhu)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The holiest realities are protected with reverence; sacred power is to be approached with discipline, not casualness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The liṅga of the Arbuda-khaṇḍa narrative is presented as extraordinarily potent within the Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa sacred geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A proposed protective act: concealing/covering the liṅga with Indra’s vajra, subject to Śiva’s consent.