Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

तल्लिंगस्य प्रभावेन प्राप्तं राज्ञा महद्यशः । कार्तिक्यां कार्तिके मासि विधिना यस्तमर्चयेत् । दीपपूजोपहारेण यशस्वी सोऽपि जायते

Transliteration

talliṃgasya prabhāvena prāptaṃ rājñā mahadyaśaḥ | kārtikyāṃ kārtike māsi vidhinā yastamarcayet | dīpapūjopahāreṇa yaśasvī so'pi jāyate

Translation

وبقوة ذلك اللِّينغا نال الملكُ مجدًا عظيمًا. ومن يعبده على الوجه الشرعي في شهر كارتِّيكا—وخاصةً في ليلة اكتمال القمر كارتِّيكا—مقدّمًا قربان عبادة المصابيح، يصير هو أيضًا ذا صيتٍ ومجد.

Word by Word

• तत्: that
• तत्: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; विशेषण of लिङ्गस्य

• लिङ्गस्य: of the liṅga
• लिङ्गस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• प्रभावेन: by the power
• प्रभावेन: Karaṇa (Instrument/Cause/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• प्राप्तम्: obtained, attained
• प्राप्तम्: Predicate (समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्राप्त (प्रातिपदिक); प्र-√आप् (धातु) + क्त → प्राप्त
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; predicate with यशः

• राज्ञा: by the king
• राज्ञा: Karta (Agent in passive sense/कर्तृ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• महत्: great
• महत्: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण of यशः

• यशः: fame
• यशः: Karta/Subject (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यशस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• कार्तिक्याम्: on/in Kārtikī
• कार्तिक्याम्: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्तिकी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; (full-moon day/month context)

• कार्तिके: in (the month of) Kārtika
• कार्तिके: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective of time)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कार्तिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; विशेषण of मासि

• मासि: in the month
• मासि: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• विधिना: according to rule, by proper procedure
• विधिना: Karaṇa (Means/manner/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• यः: who (whoever)
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक relative pronoun

• तम्: that (one), him/it
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; refers to liṅga/Śiva

• अर्चयेत्: should worship
• अर्चयेत्: Kriyā (Relative-clause verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अर्च् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• दीपपूजोपहारेण: by an offering of lamp-worship
• दीपपूजोपहारेण: Karaṇa (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दीप + पूजा + उपहार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; (दीपपूजा-उपहारः) ‘offering consisting of lamp-worship’

• यशस्वी: famous, glorious
• यशस्वी: Predicate (समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यशस्विन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; predicate adjective

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• अपि: also, even
• अपि: Emphasis/Addition (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (सम्भावना/समुच्चय particle) = ‘also/even’

• जायते: becomes, is born (as)
• जायते: Kriyā (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Daśaratheśvara-liṅga (talliṅga)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Not explicit

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Night-time Kārttika worship at a coastal Śiva shrine: devotees offer rows of lamps before a liṅga; the king’s aura of renown is shown as a radiant halo; moonlit full-moon ambiance.

Characters & Entities

• Daśaratha
• Liṅga (Daśaratheśvara)
• Kārttika māsa
• Kārttikā (full moon)
• Dīpa-pūjā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred-place worship becomes especially efficacious when aligned with sacred time (Kārttika), and devotion expressed through light (dīpa) yields auspicious renown.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The liṅga associated with Daśaratha at Prabhāsakṣetra (Daśaratheśvara), within the pilgrimage circuit of Prabhāsa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Worship of the liṅga in the month of Kārttika (especially on Kārttikā) according to proper rite, with dīpa-pūjā (lamp offerings).