Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

इत्युक्त्वा पर्वतं भित्त्वा तत्पुरो लिंगमुत्थितम्

Transliteration

ityuktvā parvataṃ bhittvā tatpuro liṃgamutthitam

Translation

Nachdem dies gesprochen war, spaltete sich der Berg, und unmittelbar vor ihm erhob sich der Liṅga.

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इति-शब्दः (quotative particle/इत्यर्थक)

• uktvā: having said
• uktvā: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया/Adverbial to main action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (वच् धातु) + ktvā (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund); पूर्वक्रिया (having said)

• parvatam: the mountain
• parvatam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: parvata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• bhittvā: having split
• bhittvā: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया/Adverbial to main action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhid (भिद् धातु) + ktvā (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund); पूर्वक्रिया (having split)

• tatpuraḥ: in front of that / before it
• tatpuraḥ: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tad (तद् सर्वनाम) + puraḥ (पुरः अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; अव्यय (adverb of place)

• liṅgam: the liṅga (emblem)
• liṅgam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन; अत्र कर्तृ/विषयत्वे प्रथमार्थः

• utthitam: arose / appeared
• utthitam: Kriya (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ut-√sthā (स्था धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन; ‘उत्थितम्’ = arisen/appeared

Speaker

Sūta (continuing narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda-liṅga (manifested at the mountain cleft)

Type: cave

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Naimiṣāraṇya sages (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A dramatic fissure opens in the mountain; from within, a radiant stone liṅga rises, bathed in supernatural light, while the devotee stands awestruck before it.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Liṅga
• Arbuda (mountain context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When devotion ripens into divine approval, the sacred becomes visible—Śiva’s presence establishes a living shrine in the landscape.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A liṅga-shrine connected to Arbuda mountain is being established through this manifestation episode.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No prescription is stated, but such origin-verses typically ground later worship (darśana, pūjā) of the manifested liṅga.