Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 21

Devanagari script

तस्मान्मया समायुक्ताः सर्वे तत्र दिवौकसः । व्रजंतु येन तल्लिंगं स्थाने संस्थापयेच्छिवः

Transliteration

tasmānmayā samāyuktāḥ sarve tatra divaukasaḥ | vrajaṃtu yena talliṃgaṃ sthāne saṃsthāpayecchivaḥ

Translation

Darum, ihr alle Himmelsbewohner, die ich versammelt habe, geht dorthin, damit Śiva jenes Liṅga wieder an seinem rechten Ort aufrichte.

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore; from that
• तस्मात्: Apadana (Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुं/नपुंसक, पञ्चमी (ablative), एकवचन (singular)

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana/Agent-in-passive (Instrument/कर्ता-भाव)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, तृतीया (instrumental), एकवचन (singular)

• समायुक्ताः: assembled/appointed
• समायुक्ताः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + युज् (धातु) + युक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (nominative), बहुवचन (plural)

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (nominative), बहुवचन (plural)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable), स्थानवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• दिवौकसः: the dwellers of heaven (gods)
• दिवौकसः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव् (प्रातिपदिक) + ओकस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative: ‘of heaven’), पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (nominative), बहुवचन (plural)

• व्रजन्तु: let them go
• व्रजन्तु: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्रज् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (plural)

• येन: by which; so that
• येन: Karana/Hetu (Means/Reason)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया (instrumental), एकवचन (singular)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (accusative), एकवचन (singular)

• लिङ्गम्: liṅga
• लिङ्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (accusative), एकवचन (singular)

• स्थाने: in (its) place
• स्थाने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), सप्तमी (locative), एकवचन (singular)

• संस्थापयेत्: should establish
• संस्थापयेत्: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + स्था (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular); णिच् (causative) भावः

• शिवः: Śiva
• शिवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (nominative), एकवचन (singular)

Speaker

Pitāmaha (Brahmā) (reported by Sūta) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda-associated Śiva-liṅga (to be re-established)

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: narādhipa (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmā commands; devas rise in disciplined formation, weapons and ritual vessels in hand, setting out through the sky toward the shrine where the liṅga must be re-established by Śiva.

Characters & Entities

• Pitāmaha (Brahmā)
• divaukasaḥ (devas)
• Śiva
• liṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Restoring the sacred center (liṅga) is portrayed as restoring dharma itself—cosmic harmony returns through correct re-establishment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The command points back to Arbuda-kṣetra, the sacred destination where the liṅga must be re-established.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Liṅga-saṃsthāpana (re-establishing/enshrining the liṅga in its proper place) is the implied ritual action.