Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

लिंगप्रतिष्ठाहेतोर्वै क्षेत्रे प्राभासिके शुभे । कोटिब्रह्मर्षिभिः सार्द्धं सहितो विश्वकर्मणा । कारयामास विधिवत्प्रतिष्ठां लिंगमुत्तमम्

Transliteration

liṃgapratiṣṭhāhetorvai kṣetre prābhāsike śubhe | koṭibrahmarṣibhiḥ sārddhaṃ sahito viśvakarmaṇā | kārayāmāsa vidhivatpratiṣṭhāṃ liṃgamuttamam

Translation

ولغرض تثبيت اللِّنگا، في كِشيترا برابهاسا المباركة، أمر بإجراء تكريس اللِّنگا الأسمى على وفق الشريعة الطقسية، مع كُرورٍ من البراهمارشِيّين وبحضور فيشفاكَرمان معاونًا.

Word by Word

• लिङ्गप्रतिष्ठाहेतोः: for the purpose/cause of liṅga-installation
• लिङ्गप्रतिष्ठाहेतोः: Hetu (Cause/Purpose/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग-प्रतिष्ठा- + हेतु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m.), षष्ठी (6th case), एकवचन (singular)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha/Emphasis (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle/emphasis)

• क्षेत्रे: in the sacred field
• क्षेत्रे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (n.), सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन (singular)

• प्राभासिके: of Prabhāsa
• प्राभासिके: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्राभासिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (n.), सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन (singular)

• शुभे: auspicious
• शुभे: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (n.), सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन (singular)

• कोटिब्रह्मर्षिभिः: with crores of brahmarṣis
• कोटिब्रह्मर्षिभिः: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोटि- + ब्रह्मर्षि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m.), तृतीया (3rd case), बहुवचन (plural)

• सार्द्धम्: together with
• सार्द्धम्: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारी)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सार्द्धम् (अव्यय)
• Form: सह-अर्थक-अव्यय (indeclinable of accompaniment: ‘together with’)

• सहितः: accompanied; joined
• सहितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सह (उपसर्ग) + इ (धातु) + क्त (प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (PPP used adjectivally), पुंलिङ्ग (m.), प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन (singular)

• विश्वकर्मणा: with Viśvakarman
• विश्वकर्मणा: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्वकर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m.), तृतीया (3rd case), एकवचन (singular)

• कारयामास: caused to be done; had (it) performed
• कारयामास: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) + णिच् (causative)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular), परस्मैपद; णिजन्त (causative)

• विधिवत्: according to proper rite
• विधिवत्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विधिवत् (अव्यय)
• Form: रीतिवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: ‘according to rule’)

• प्रतिष्ठाम्: installation; consecration
• प्रतिष्ठाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रतिष्ठा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (f.), द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन (singular)

• लिङ्गम्: liṅga
• लिङ्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (n.), द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन (singular)

• उत्तमम्: excellent; supreme
• उत्तमम्: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (n.), द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन (singular)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Prābhāsika-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Varānanā

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A grand consecration in Prabhāsa: the supreme liṅga is installed on a decorated pīṭha; crores of brahmarṣis chant; Viśvakarman oversees architectural perfection; ritual fires blaze in symmetrical altars.

Characters & Entities

• Prabhāsa-kṣetra
• Śiva-liṅga
• Viśvakarman
• Brahmarṣis

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred acts become enduring when done vidhivat (according to dharma) and in a sanctified kṣetra.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, celebrated as the locus for establishing the Somanātha Liṅga.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Liṅga-pratiṣṭhā performed ‘vidhivat’—a formal consecration following scriptural procedure.