Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 58

Devanagari script

तस्मात्सर्वप्रयत्नेन तल्लिंगं पूजयेद्बुधः । धर्मकामार्थमोक्षं च यो वांछत्यखिलप्रदम्

Transliteration

tasmātsarvaprayatnena talliṃgaṃ pūjayedbudhaḥ | dharmakāmārthamokṣaṃ ca yo vāṃchatyakhilapradam

Translation

অতএব যে ব্যক্তি ধর্ম, কাম, অর্থ ও মোক্ষ—সর্বপ্রদায়ক ফল—কামনা করে, সে জ্ঞানী সর্বপ্রযত্নে সেই লিঙ্গের পূজা করুক।

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore; from that
• तस्मात्: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Source)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (तस्मात्-इति तस्मिन्-आधारितः अपादानार्थकः निपातः/सम्बन्धसूचकः); ‘therefore/from that’

• सर्वप्रयत्नेन: with all effort
• सर्वप्रयत्नेन: Karana (Instrument/Means)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रयत्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; करण/उपायार्थे—‘with all effort’

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• लिङ्गम्: liṅga (Śiva-emblem)
• लिङ्गम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• पूजयेत्: should worship
• पूजयेत्: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• बुधः: a wise person
• बुधः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बुध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• धर्मकामार्थमोक्षम्: dharma, desire, wealth, and liberation
• धर्मकामार्थमोक्षम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म (प्रातिपदिक) + काम (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक) + मोक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; समाहार-द्वन्द्वः (collective)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध/अन्वयार्थे (relative pronoun)

• वाञ्छति: desires
• वाञ्छति: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वाञ्छ् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• अखिलप्रदम्: bestowing everything
• अखिलप्रदम्: Karma (Object-Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अखिल (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रद (प्रातिपदिक; √दा-आधारित ‘giver’)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (लिङ्गम् इति विशेष्यस्य)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa liṅga (akhila-prada)

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A didactic moment: the narrator’s injunction visualized as a devotee earnestly worshipping the liṅga, with symbolic emblems of the four aims surrounding—scripture (dharma), prosperity (artha), harmonious love (kāma), and serene light (mokṣa).

Characters & Entities

• Liṅga
• Dharma
• Artha
• Kāma
• Mokṣa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva-liṅga worship at the praised sacred site is presented as a complete path granting all four human aims, culminating in liberation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The liṅga shrine(s) of Prabhāsa kṣetra, framed as akhila-prada (all-bestowing).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pūjā (worship) of the specified liṅga with full effort and commitment.