Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

प्रतिष्ठाप्य महालिंगं सर्वपातकनाशनम् । मध्यभागेऽत्र यल्लिंगं कोटिमेधेति विश्रुतम्

Transliteration

pratiṣṭhāpya mahāliṃgaṃ sarvapātakanāśanam | madhyabhāge'tra yalliṃgaṃ koṭimedheti viśrutam

Translation

সর্ব পাপ নাশকারী মহালিঙ্গ প্রতিষ্ঠা করিয়া—এখানে মধ্যভাগের যে লিঙ্গ, তাহা ‘কোটিমেধ’ নামে প্রসিদ্ধ।

Word by Word

• प्रतिष्ठाप्य: having स्थापित/installed
• प्रतिष्ठाप्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति-स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); पूर्वक्रिया

• महालिङ्गम्: the great liṅga
• महालिङ्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा-लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (महच्च तत् लिङ्गम्)

• सर्वपातकनाशनम्: destroyer of all sins
• सर्वपातकनाशनम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व-पातक-नाशन (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (सर्वेषां पातकानां नाशनम्)

• मध्यभागे: in the middle part
• मध्यभागे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मध्य-भाग (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (मध्यस्य भागः)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक

• यत्: which
• यत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक (relative)

• लिङ्गम्: liṅga
• लिङ्गम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• कोटिमेध: Koṭimedha
• कोटिमेध: Samjna (Apposition/name/संज्ञा)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोटि-मेध (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः (कोटिः मेधाः)

• इति: thus (called)
• इति: Sambandha (Quotative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; संज्ञा/उद्धरणसूचक

• विश्रुतम्: is renowned
• विश्रुतम्: Kriya (State/क्रिया)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-श्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; 'प्रसिद्ध' अर्थे

Speaker

Deductive (Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya narrator, traditionally Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa addressing sages)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Koṭimedha-liṅga

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A monumental central liṅga (Koṭimedha) rises in the heart of the precinct, radiating a sense of absolution; pilgrims gather in quiet, as if at the center of a cosmic mandala.

Characters & Entities

• Mahāliṅga
• Koṭimedha (Liṅga/Tīrtha)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva-liṅga worship in a consecrated kṣetra is portrayed as a powerful purifier that eradicates even accumulated sins.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Koṭimedha, the central liṅga/tīrtha within Prabhāsa Kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pratiṣṭhā (consecratory establishment) of a mahāliṅga is referenced; the verse emphasizes its sin-destroying efficacy.