Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

तदा वर्षसहस्रं तु समाराध्य महेश्वरम् । प्रपेदे कामनासर्गं यत्रानंगः पुरा किल

Transliteration

tadā varṣasahasraṃ tu samārādhya maheśvaram | prapede kāmanāsargaṃ yatrānaṃgaḥ purā kila

Translation

ثمّ بعدما عبدَ ماهيشڤارا ألفَ سنةٍ، نالَ عودةَ الرغبة إلى الظهور، في ذلك الموضع عينه حيث قامَ قديماً أنَنْغا، ذاك الذي لا جسدَ له.

Word by Word

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kala-adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, कालवाचक (then)

• वर्षसहस्रम्: a thousand years
• वर्षसहस्रम्: Kala-adhikarana (Time measure/काल)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ष + सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/समाहारार्थक (वर्षाणां सहस्रम्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; कालपरिमाण (duration)

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निपात

• समाराध्य: having worshipped/propitiated
• समाराध्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् + आ + राध् (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृदन्त)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययीभावरूप कृदन्त (gerund/absolutive), ‘having propitiated/worshipped’

• महेश्वरम्: Mahēśvara (Śiva)
• महेश्वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (महा + ईश्वर), पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• प्रपेदे: attained/reached
• प्रपेदे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + पद् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• कामनासर्गम्: the creation/emanation of desire
• कामनासर्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कामना + सर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (कामनायाः सर्गः), पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, स्थानवाचक (where)

• अनङ्गः: Ananga (Kāma)
• अनङ्गः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; कामदेवस्य नाम

• पुरा: formerly
• पुरा: Kala-adhikarana (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, कालवाचक (formerly)

• किल: indeed/it is said
• किल: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: किल (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निपात (hearsay/emphasis)

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāmeśvara (Ananga-tapas locus)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Ananga (bodiless Kāma) is shown as a subtle luminous presence performing thousand-year worship before a liṅga; the scene conveys time through layered seasons and a steady lamp flame; finally a gentle radiance signifies the return of creative desire (kāmanā-sarga).

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (Maheśvara)
• Kāma (Ananga)
• Kāmeśvara
• Prabhāsakṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Atonement through long devotion transforms even a cosmic fault into grace; disciplined worship restores what was lost in a purified form.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The place of Kāmeśvara in Prabhāsakṣetra, associated with Ananga’s (Kāma’s) restoration.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The model of sustained ārādhana (devotional worship) of Maheśvara, exemplified by a thousand-year observance.