Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

तस्या लिंगं तु संपूज्य संस्नाप्य पयसा पृथक् । अघोरेणैव विधिवत्सम्यग्यात्राफलं लभेत्

Transliteration

tasyā liṃgaṃ tu saṃpūjya saṃsnāpya payasā pṛthak | aghoreṇaiva vidhivatsamyagyātrāphalaṃ labhet

Translation

مَن عبدَ ذلك اللِّينغا على الوجه اللائق، وغسله على حِدةٍ باللبن، وأقام الشعيرة على نحوٍ صحيحٍ بمانترا «أغورا»، نال الثمرة الكاملة للحجّ المقدّس.

Word by Word

• tasyāḥ: of her/that
• tasyāḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (genitive), एकवचन

• liṅgam: liṅga (emblem)
• liṅgam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (accusative), एकवचन

• tu: but/indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle)

• saṃpūjya: having duly worshipped
• saṃpūjya: Kriyā (Gerundial/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam + pūj (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-लोपयुक्त (absolutive/gerund in -ya), पूर्वकाल; उपसर्ग ‘सम्’

• saṃsnāpya: having bathed/abluted
• saṃsnāpya: Kriyā (Gerundial/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam + snā (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-लोपयुक्त (absolutive/gerund in -ya), पूर्वकाल; causative sense ‘to bathe/ablute’ implied

• payasā: with milk
• payasā: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: payas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (instrumental), एकवचन

• pṛthak: separately/distinctly
• pṛthak: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: pṛthak (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• aghoreṇa: with (the mantra/deity) Aghora
• aghoreṇa: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aghora (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (instrumental), एकवचन

• eva: indeed/only
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphatic particle)

• vidhivat: according to rule
• vidhivat: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vidhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: वत्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (adverb)

• samyak: properly
• samyak: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: samyak (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• yātrāphalam: fruit of the pilgrimage
• yātrāphalam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yātrā + phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (yātrāyāḥ phalam)

• labhet: would obtain/should obtain
• labhet: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: labh (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara) (contextual continuation)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bhairaveśvara (Bhairava-liṅga) at Prabhāsa

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee performs milk abhiṣeka to the Bhairava-liṅga, with ritual precision; Aghora mantra is invoked, and the pilgrimage is shown as spiritually ‘completed’.

Characters & Entities

• Liṅga
• Milk abhiṣeka
• Aghora mantra
• Pilgrimage (yātrā)
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage bears its complete fruit when paired with proper worship—especially abhiṣeka and mantra—rather than mere travel.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, through the worship of the local liṅga connected with the Bhairaveśvara episode.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Liṅga-pūjā with milk abhiṣeka and performance with the Aghora mantra, done vidhivat (according to injunction).