Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

समीकृत्याखिलं स्थानं तेन लिंगं प्रतिष्ठितम् । पूजयेत्तं विधानेन दश संस्नाप्य शंकरम्

Transliteration

samīkṛtyākhilaṃ sthānaṃ tena liṃgaṃ pratiṣṭhitam | pūjayettaṃ vidhānena daśa saṃsnāpya śaṃkaram

Translation

وبعد أن هيّأ الموضعَ كلَّه وسوّاه على وجهٍ تامّ، أقام اللِّنگا هناك. وينبغي أن يُعبَد شَنْكَرَ وفقَ الشريعة الطقسية، بعد أن يُغسَّل (أبهيشيكا) عشرَ مرّاتٍ على الوجه المقرّر.

Word by Word

• samīkṛtya: having levelled/arranged
• samīkṛtya: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sam-ī-kṛ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund); पूर्वकाले कृत्य (having made/after doing)

• akhilam: entire
• akhilam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: akhila (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• sthānam: place, site
• sthānam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sthāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• tena: by him/thereby
• tena: Karana/Agent (Instrument/Doer/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• liṅgam: liṅga
• liṅgam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• pratiṣṭhitam: was established
• pratiṣṭhitam: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate adjective/समनाधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prati-ṣṭhita (कृदन्त; स्था धातोः क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP)

• pūjayet: should worship
• pūjayet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pūj (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• tam: him/that (liṅga)
• tam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• vidhānena: by the prescribed procedure
• vidhānena: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vidhāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• daśa: ten
• daśa: Saṅkhyā-viśeṣaṇa (Numeral qualifier/संख्याविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: daśa (संख्याशब्द-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् संख्याशब्दः; (10) संख्या-विशेषण

• saṃsnāpya: having bathed (ritually)
• saṃsnāpya: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sam-snā (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund); causative sense possible in context (having bathed/after bathing)

• śaṃkaram: Śaṅkara (Śiva)
• śaṃkaram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaṃkara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic voice; not explicit in this verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vāḍaveśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A consecration tableau: the site is leveled; the liṅga is installed; devotees perform tenfold abhiṣeka to Śaṅkara with orderly vessels and attendants.

Characters & Entities

• Śaṅkara
• Liṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred power is approached through order, purity, and correct ritual—preparing the place, consecrating the liṅga, and worshiping with disciplined procedure.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Vāḍaveśvara (Prabhāsa Kṣetra), within the Vāḍaveśvara Māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Liṅga-pratiṣṭhā after preparing the site, and worship with ten-fold abhiṣeka (ten ritual bathings) following proper vidhi.