Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

यस्मा त्षडंगयोगेन तेषां तुष्टो वृषध्वजः । तेन योगेश्वरं नाम लिंगं योगफलप्रदम्

Transliteration

yasmā tṣaḍaṃgayogena teṣāṃ tuṣṭo vṛṣadhvajaḥ | tena yogeśvaraṃ nāma liṃgaṃ yogaphalapradam

Translation

ষড়ঙ্গ-যোগের সাধনায় তাদের প্রতি বৃষধ্বজ (শিব) সন্তুষ্ট হয়েছিলেন; তাই সেই লিঙ্গ ‘যোগেশ্বর’ নামে খ্যাত, যোগফল প্রদানকারী।

Word by Word

• यस्मात्: because of which
• यस्मात्: Hetu/Reason (Ablative cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• षडङ्गयोगेन: by the six-limbed yoga
• षडङ्गयोगेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: षट्-अङ्ग-योग (प्रातिपदिक; षट् + अङ्ग + योग)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• तुष्टः: pleased
• तुष्टः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुष् (धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त

• वृषध्वजः: the one whose banner is the bull (Śiva)
• वृषध्वजः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृष-ध्वज (प्रातिपदिक; वृष + ध्वज)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘यस्य ध्वजः वृषः सः’

• तेन: therefore/by him
• तेन: Karana/Agent-instrument (by him/therefore)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• योगेश्वरम्: (named) Yogeshvara
• योगेश्वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योग-ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक; योग + ईश्वर)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• नाम: by name
• नाम: Sambandha/Specifier
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)
• Form: नाम-शब्दः, संज्ञासूचक-अव्यय (indeclinable indicating name)

• लिङ्गम्: liṅga (emblem)
• लिङ्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; अत्र कर्मपदं (to be understood as ‘(he established) a liṅga’)

• योगफलप्रदम्: granting the fruit of yoga
• योगफलप्रदम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: योग-फल-प्रद (प्रातिपदिक; योग + फल + प्रद)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; ‘लिङ्गम्’ विशेषण

Speaker

Śiva (addressing Devī/Pārvatī, inferred)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Yogeśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva (Vṛṣadhvaja) pleased by the gaṇas’ six-limbed yoga; the Yogeśvara liṅga shines as a symbol of yogic attainment, with subtle iconography of the six limbs around it.

Characters & Entities

• Vṛṣadhvaja (Śiva)
• Yogēśvara Liṅga
• Ṣaḍaṅga-yoga
• Prabhāsa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Yoga becomes complete when it ripens into devotion and divine approval; sacred icons embody that grace as “fruit-giving.”

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, specifically the Yogēśvara liṅga established/renowned there.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Practice of ṣaḍaṅga-yoga is referenced; the verse also identifies the liṅga as granting yoga’s results.