Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

लब्ध्वा लिंगस्य पर्यंतं यास्यामि क्षितिमंडले । तस्य तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा तत्पुष्पमभ्यभाषत

Transliteration

labdhvā liṃgasya paryaṃtaṃ yāsyāmi kṣitimaṃḍale | tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā tatpuṣpamabhyabhāṣata

Translation

„Wenn ich die Grenze dieses Liṅga gefunden habe, werde ich zum Erdkreis zurückkehren.“ Als jene Blüte seine Worte hörte, sprach sie zu ihm.

Word by Word

• लब्ध्वा: having obtained
• लब्ध्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier of main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (prior action): ‘having obtained’

• लिङ्गस्य: of the liṅga
• लिङ्गस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• पर्यन्तम्: the limit/end
• पर्यन्तम्: Karma (Object/goal of ‘labdhvā’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्यन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; गत्यर्थे ‘up to the end/limit’

• यास्यामि: I shall go
• यास्यामि: Kriyā (Main action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• क्षितिमण्डले: on the earth-sphere
• क्षितिमण्डले: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षिति (प्रातिपदिक) + मण्डल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘earth’s sphere’); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• तस्य: of him/of that
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• तद्वचनम्: that statement
• तद्वचनम्: Karma (Object of ‘śrutvā’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + वचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (‘that speech/that statement’); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier of main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया: ‘having heard’

• तत्पुष्पम्: that flower
• तत्पुष्पम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + पुष्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (‘that flower’); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• अभ्यभाषत: spoke/addressed
• अभ्यभाषत: Kriyā (Main action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भाष् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद; उपसर्ग: अभि-

Speaker

Brahmā (narration; transition to the flower speaking next)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ananta-liṅga (liṅgodbhava locus)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmā, high in the heavens, declares he will return after finding the end; a fragrant flower (ketakī) appears and speaks—an uncanny moment of nature becoming a moral agent.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Śiva (as the Liṅga)
• Ketakī flower (implied as 'that flower')

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Claims of spiritual attainment are tested; the narrative prepares for a dharmic lesson about truth and false testimony.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse functions within Arbuda-khaṇḍa’s sacred storytelling; it does not directly praise a named tīrtha here.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it introduces the upcoming dialogue involving the flower.