Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

तं दृष्ट्वा मानवो देवि पूजयित्वा विधानतः कलिभिर्मुच्यते जंतुर्द्यूते च विजयी भवेत्

Transliteration

taṃ dṛṣṭvā mānavo devi pūjayitvā vidhānataḥ kalibhirmucyate jaṃturdyūte ca vijayī bhavet

Translation

يا إلهة، من رآه وعبده على وفق الشعائر المقررة تحرّر من آفات عصر كالي؛ وحتى في القمار يغدو غالبًا منتصرًا.

Word by Word

• तम्: him/that (liṅga)
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त; त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त (absolutive/gerund)

• मानवः: a man; person
• मानवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• देवि: O goddess
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• पूजयित्वा: having worshipped
• पूजयित्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त; त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त (absolutive/gerund)

• विधानतः: according to rule; duly
• विधानतः: Manner (प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विधानतस् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• कलिभिः: from the Kali (evils/afflictions of Kali age)
• कलिभिः: Apadana/Hetu (Cause/source of release)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कलि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन

• मुच्यते: is freed
• मुच्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोग (is released)

• जन्तुः: a creature; person
• जन्तुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्तु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• द्यूते: in gambling; in play
• द्यूते: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्यूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• विजयी: victorious
• विजयी: Predicative complement (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विजयिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; विशेषण

• भवेत्: would become; should be
• भवेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Naleśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim stands before a Śiva-liṅga shrine at Prabhāsa, offering flowers and incense in orderly upacāras; a subtle aura of ‘Kali’ (dark haze) dissolves around him, while auspicious signs of success appear (dice-board motif kept secondary).

Characters & Entities

• Naleśvara
• Kali (Kali Yuga)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Proper worship (vidhi) at a sanctified liṅga grants protection from Kali’s disorders and bestows worldly success as a secondary fruit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Naleśvara liṅga/tīrtha in Prabhāsa Kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Darśana (beholding) and pūjā performed vidhānataḥ—according to prescribed ritual procedure.