Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 36

Devanagari script

लिंगमेतत्ततः सर्वे सर्वं लिप्सथ सत्तमाः । प्रकृतिं सागराः सर्वे यास्यंति गिरयस्तथा

Transliteration

liṃgametattataḥ sarve sarvaṃ lipsatha sattamāḥ | prakṛtiṃ sāgarāḥ sarve yāsyaṃti girayastathā

Translation

«فلذلك، يا خيارَ القوم، التمسوا كلَّ خيرٍ بتعظيم هذا اللِّينغا بعينه. عندئذٍ تعودُ المحيطاتُ كلُّها إلى حدودها الطبيعية، وكذلك تعودُ الجبالُ إلى حالتها اللائقة.»

Word by Word

• liṅgam: the liṅga (emblem)
• liṅgam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular)

• etat: this
• etat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular); विशेषण (demonstrative)

• tataḥ: then/thereafter
• tataḥ: Adhikaraṇa (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अव्यय-प्रकारः—सम्बन्ध/क्रमवाचक (indeclinable adverb: then/from that)

• sarve: all (of you/they)
• sarve: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Plural)

• sarvam: everything
• sarvam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular)

• lipsatha: you wish to obtain
• lipsatha: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √labh (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), मध्यमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद; धातोः ‘लिप्स्’ (desiderative) रूपम् (Present, 2nd person plural, Parasmaipada; desiderative: ‘you desire to obtain’)

• sattamāḥ: O best ones
• sattamāḥ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sat-tama (प्रातिपदिक; ‘sat’ + तमप्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सम्बोधनार्थे प्रयोगः (Masculine, Nominative Plural; used as vocative sense)

• prakṛtim: (their) nature/origin
• prakṛtim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prakṛti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Feminine, Accusative, Singular)

• sāgarāḥ: oceans
• sāgarāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sāgara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Plural)

• sarve: all
• sarve: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (Masculine, Nominative, Plural; adjective)

• yāsyanti: will go/attain
• yāsyanti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √yā (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (भविष्यत्), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद (Future, 3rd person plural, Parasmaipada)

• girayaḥ: mountains
• girayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: giri (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Plural)

• tathā: likewise
• tathā: Adhikaraṇa (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अव्यय-प्रकारः—तुल्यतावाचक/समुच्चयार्थ (indeclinable: likewise/also)

Speaker

Bhagavān (Śiva/Rudra, in the Prabhāsa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devas (addressed as sत्तमाः)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva assures the gods that by honoring the liṅga they will obtain all good; the oceans recede and mountains settle back into place.

Characters & Entities

• Liṅga
• Sāgaras (oceans)
• Girayas (mountains)
• Devas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Right worship restores harmony—inner and outer—bringing beings and the world back to their rightful order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, centered on the worship of the liṅga established there.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pūjā of the liṅga is presented as the means to attain ‘sarva’ (all welfare/boons) and restore balance.