Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

कपर्द्दिनं समारभ्य चंडनाथांतकानि च । पंचैव मुद्रालिंगानि नापुण्यो वेद मानवः

Transliteration

kaparddinaṃ samārabhya caṃḍanāthāṃtakāni ca | paṃcaiva mudrāliṃgāni nāpuṇyo veda mānavaḥ

Translation

ابتداءً من كَبَرْدِّين، ومعه أيضًا چَنْدَناثَانْتَكَ، توجد خمسةُ لِينغا من نوع مُدْرَا؛ ولا يعرفها من البشر إلا ذو الاستحقاق الحقّ.

Word by Word

• कपर्द्दिनम्: Kapardin (Śiva epithet)
• कपर्द्दिनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कपर्दिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• समारभ्य: starting from
• समारभ्य: Apadana/Avadhi (Starting point/अवधि)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् + आ + रभ् (धातु) + ल्यप्
• Form: ल्यबन्त अव्यय (gerund); ‘starting from’

• चण्डनाथान्तकानि: the (shrines) ending with Caṇḍanātha
• चण्डनाथान्तकानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चण्डनाथ (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्तक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• पञ्च: five
• पञ्च: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्च (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्यावाचक; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘मुद्रालिङ्गानि’ इति पदस्य विशेषणम्

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

• मुद्रालिङ्गानि: the mudrā-liṅgas
• मुद्रालिङ्गानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुद्रा (प्रातिपदिक) + लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation)

• अपुण्यः: sinful, without merit
• अपुण्यः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अपुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘मानवः’ इति पदस्य विशेषणम्

• वेद: knows
• वेद: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (knows)

• मानवः: a man
• मानवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Unknown (narrative voice within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mudrā-liṅga-pañcaka (Kaparddinādi) in Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sacred coastal kṣetra-map visualized as five ‘Mudrā-liṅgas’ beginning with Kaparddin and ending with Caṇḍanāthāntaka; pilgrims and sages gesture in reverence while the shrines appear as a hidden constellation.

Characters & Entities

• Kaparddin
• Caṇḍanāthāntaka
• Mudrā-liṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Access to deeper sacred geography is portrayed as the fruit of puṇya—merit ripens into knowledge of holy abodes.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, through the mention of its five Mudrā-liṅgas (from Kaparddin to Caṇḍanāthāntaka).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite; it identifies a set of five named Mudrā-liṅgas as special sacred knowledge.