Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

तस्मिन्स्थाने हरिः साक्षात्प्रत्यक्षेण तु संस्थितः । लिंगैश्चतुर्भिः संयुक्तो ज्ञायते न च केनचित्

Transliteration

tasminsthāne hariḥ sākṣātpratyakṣeṇa tu saṃsthitaḥ | liṃgaiścaturbhiḥ saṃyukto jñāyate na ca kenacit

Translation

An eben jenem Ort ist Hari unmittelbar gegenwärtig, dem Blick offenbar. Doch, obgleich mit vier Liṅgas (heiligen Merkmalen) verbunden, wird er von niemandem wahrhaft erkannt.

Word by Word

• तस्मिन्: in that
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• स्थाने: place
• स्थाने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• हरिः: Hari (Viṣṇu)
• हरिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• साक्षात्: directly; manifestly
• साक्षात्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: साक्षात् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: 'directly, in person')

• प्रत्यक्षेण: by direct perception; visibly
• प्रत्यक्षेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रत्यक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; साधन/प्रकारार्थे (by direct perception)

• तु: but
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/अन्वय-अव्यय

• संस्थितः: stationed; present
• संस्थितः: Samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate adjective/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संस्थित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √स्था with सम्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (PPP): 'having been stationed/standing'

• लिङ्गैः: with signs/marks; with liṅgas
• लिङ्गैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• चतुर्भिः: with four
• चतुर्भिः: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर् (संख्यावाचक-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; संख्यावाचक-विशेषण

• संयुक्तः: joined; endowed
• संयुक्तः: Samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate adjective/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संयुक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √युज् with सम्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (PPP)

• ज्ञायते: is known; is recognized
• ज्ञायते: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ज्ञा (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive): 'is known'

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय

• केनचित्: by anyone (by any person)
• केनचित्: Karana/Agent (Instrument/Agent in passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + चित् (अव्यय-प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अनिश्चित-सर्वनाम (indefinite pronoun)

Speaker

Śiva

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bhallukā Tīrtha

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārvatī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A small, circular sacred patch of ground in coastal Prabhāsa; Hari’s presence suggested as a subtle radiance behind/within four liṅga-emblems, while ordinary pilgrims pass without recognition.

Characters & Entities

• Hari
• Liṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even when the divine is ‘present before the eyes,’ its deeper reality remains hidden without insight and scriptural understanding.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A specific sacred spot within Prabhāsa Kṣetra, described as hosting Hari’s manifest presence together with four liṅgas.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, darśana (reverent viewing) and recognition through tradition; no explicit vow or offering is specified in this verse.