Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 20

Devanagari script

अचलं भेदयित्वा तु यस्मान्मे लिंगमुद्गतम् । अचलेश्वरनाम्नैव लोके ख्यातिं गमिष्यति

Transliteration

acalaṃ bhedayitvā tu yasmānme liṃgamudgatam | acaleśvaranāmnaiva loke khyātiṃ gamiṣyati

Translation

Weil mein Liṅga durch das Spalten des Berges Acala hervorgetreten ist, wird es in der Welt unter dem Namen „Acaleśvara“ berühmt werden.

Word by Word

• अचलम्: the mountain/immovable rock
• अचलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अचल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• भेदयित्वा: having split
• भेदयित्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भिद् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund) — causative sense ‘having split/cleft’

• तु: indeed; and
• तु: Sambandha-bodhaka (Connector/सम्बन्धबोधक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय — निपात (particle)

• यस्मात्: from which
• यस्मात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन — ‘from which/whence’

• मे: my
• मे: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन — ‘my’

• लिङ्गम्: liṅga
• लिङ्गम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन — here as subject with उद्गतम्

• उद्गतम्: emerged
• उद्गतम्: Kriya-visheshana (Predicative qualifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उद्+गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (Past passive participle) — नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘arisen/emerged’

• अचल-ईश्वर-नाम्ना: by the name ‘Acaleśvara’
• अचल-ईश्वर-नाम्ना: Karana (Instrument/means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अचल (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक) + नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन — ‘by the name Acaleśvara’

• एव: indeed; only
• एव: Sambandha-bodhaka (Emphasis/सम्बन्धबोधक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय — अवधारण (emphasis)

• लोके: in the world
• लोके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन — ‘in the world’

• ख्यातिम्: fame; renown
• ख्यातिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ख्याति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• गमिष्यति: will attain (fame)
• गमिष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन — ‘will go/attain’

Speaker

Śiva (Maheśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Acaleśvara

Type: peak

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: muni-sattama

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A mountain splits open (or is cleft) and a radiant liṅga rises from within; devotees and sages witness; the scene emphasizes the dramatic birth of a shrine from living rock.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Acala (mountain)
• Acaleśvara
• Liṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine presence is revealed through sacred geography—names and places encode the memory of revelation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Acaleśvara, the Śiva-liṅga associated with the mountain (Acala) in the Arbuda region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is prescribed; the verse explains the origin and fame (nāma-māhātmya) of Acaleśvara.