Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

स्वनामकृतचिह्नानि लिंगानींद्रादिभिः क्रमात् । स्थापितानि यथा स्थाने मानवैरपि भूरिशः

Transliteration

svanāmakṛtacihnāni liṃgānīṃdrādibhiḥ kramāt | sthāpitāni yathā sthāne mānavairapi bhūriśaḥ

Translation

لِنْغاتٌ تحملُ علاماتٍ وأسماءً صيغت على أسمائهم أُقيمت تباعًا على يدِ إندرا وسائرِ الآلهة، كلٌّ في موضعه اللائق؛ وكذلك أقامها كثيرٌ من البشر أيضًا.

Word by Word

• स्वनामकृतचिह्नानि: having marks made with their own names
• स्वनामकृतचिह्नानि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्व-नाम-कृत-चिह्न (प्रातिपदिक; कृ (धातु) → कृत (कृदन्त))
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), बहुवचन; विशेषण—‘लिङ्गानि’ इति विशेष्यस्य

• लिङ्गानि: liṅgas (Śiva-emblems)
• लिङ्गानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन

• इन्द्रादिभिः: by Indra and others
• इन्द्रादिभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र-आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन; ‘आदि’समास—इन्द्रः आदिः येषाम्

• क्रमात्: in due order, successively
• क्रमात्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण—‘क्रमेण/अनुक्रमेण’

• स्थापितानि: were installed/established
• स्थापितानि: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु) + णिच् → स्थापयति; स्थापि (कृदन्त—क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), बहुवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगार्थक—‘स्थापित’ = ‘स्थापितानि (अभवन्)’

• यथा: as, according to
• यथा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमान/रीतिवाचक

• स्थाने: in (their) proper place
• स्थाने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन

• मानवैः: by humans
• मानवैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन

• अपि: also, even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अपि-कार (also/even)

• भूरिशः: in great numbers, abundantly
• भूरिशः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूरिशस् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; परिमाण/बहुत्ववाचक क्रियाविशेषण

Speaker

Unknown (contextual narrator within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra liṅga-sthānas (collective)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A map-like narrative tableau: Indra and other devas installing liṅgas at different stations, each liṅga labeled with its name; humans later add more shrines, creating a sacred landscape in ordered progression.

Characters & Entities

• Indra
• Devas
• Humans
• Śiva-liṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Consecrating liṅgas is a time-honored practice shared by devas and humans, mapping devotion onto sacred geography.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, envisioned as a landscape filled with properly situated, named liṅgas.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Liṅga-sthāpana (installation/consecration), including establishing liṅgas with identifying names/marks.