Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

भद्रकर्णं उवाच । यन्मया स्थापितं लिंगमर्बुदे सुरसत्तम । अत्रास्तु तव सांनिध्यं ह्रदेऽस्मिंश्च स्थिरो भव

Transliteration

bhadrakarṇaṃ uvāca | yanmayā sthāpitaṃ liṃgamarbude surasattama | atrāstu tava sāṃnidhyaṃ hrade'smiṃśca sthiro bhava

Translation

ভদ্রকর্ণ বললেন—হে দেবশ্রেষ্ঠ! অর্বুদে আমি যে লিঙ্গ প্রতিষ্ঠা করেছি, এখানে আপনার সান্নিধ্য থাকুক; এবং এই পবিত্র হ্রদেও আপনি স্থিরভাবে অধিষ্ঠান করুন।

Word by Word

• bhadrakarṇam: Bhadrakarṇa
• bhadrakarṇam: Karman (Object of ‘uvāca’ in narrative usage)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhadra + karṇa (भद्र + कर्ण प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; वक्तृ-निर्देश (speaker tag)

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriyā (Speech act)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (वच् धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• yat: which/that (thing)
• yat: Karman (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (यद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक (relative pronoun)

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Karaṇa/Karta (Agent in passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (अस्मद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया, एकवचन

• sthāpitam: established/installed
• sthāpitam: Karman (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sthā (स्था धातु; causative स्थापयति)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle, causative sense), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• liṅgam: liṅga (Śiva-emblem)
• liṅgam: Karman (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga (लिङ्ग प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• arbude: in Arbuda (mountain/region)
• arbude: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: arbuda (अर्बुद प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; देशवाचक

• surasattama: O best of gods
• surasattama: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sura + sattama (सुर + सत्तम प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikaraṇa (Deictic location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अत्र अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (here)

• astu: let there be
• astu: Kriyā (Wish/command)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (अस् धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative/benedictive), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• tava: your
• tava: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (त्वद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन

• sāṃnidhyam: presence
• sāṃnidhyam: Karta (Subject of ‘astu’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sāṃnidhya (सान्निध्य प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• hrade: in the lake
• hrade: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hrada (ह्रद प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• asmin: in this
• asmin: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (इदम् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (च अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय

• sthiraḥ: steady/firm
• sthiraḥ: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sthira (स्थिर प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• bhava: be
• bhava: Kriyā (Command)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (भू धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Bhadrakarṇa

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bhadrakarṇa-hrada (Bhadrakarṇa Lake) and Bhadrakarṇa-sthāpita-liṅga

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śrī Bhagavān

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Bhadrakarṇa, hands folded, points toward a newly established liṅga on Arbuda and gestures to a nearby lake, requesting the deity’s steadfast presence in both.

Characters & Entities

• Bhadrakarṇa
• Arbuda (Mount Abu)
• Liṅga
• Hrada (sacred lake)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Establishing and honoring a Śiva-liṅga sanctifies a place, inviting enduring divine presence for devotees.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A sacred lake (hrada) associated with Bhadrakarṇa on Arbuda (Mount Abu), together with the liṅga established there.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Liṅga-pratiṣṭhā (installation) is implied, along with the idea of worship centered on the liṅga and the tīrtha-lake.