Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

प्रतिष्ठाप्य महालिङ्गं चचार विपुलं तपः । आग्नेयमिति विख्यातं दिव्याब्दानां शतं प्रिये

Transliteration

pratiṣṭhāpya mahāliṅgaṃ cacāra vipulaṃ tapaḥ | āgneyamiti vikhyātaṃ divyābdānāṃ śataṃ priye

Translation

Nachdem er den großen Liṅga geweiht und errichtet hatte, übte er gewaltige Askese — an dem als „Āgneya“ bekannten Heiligtum — hundert göttliche Jahre lang, o Geliebte.

Word by Word

• प्रतिष्ठाप्य: having स्थापित/installed
• प्रतिष्ठाप्य: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (पूर्वकर्म/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति-स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Gerund/Absolutive), परस्मैपदी-धातु; अव्ययभावेन प्रयोगः (having done)

• महा-लिङ्गम्: the great liṅga
• महा-लिङ्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक) + लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन

• चचार: performed/practised
• चचार: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: चर् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• विपुलम्: abundant, extensive
• विपुलम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विपुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying तपः)

• तपः: austerity, penance
• तपः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• आग्नेयम्: Agneya (related to Agni)
• आग्नेयम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आग्नेय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया/प्रथमा, एकवचन; (तपः इति) विशेषणम्

• इति: thus, as
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/इत्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• विख्यातम्: well-known, renowned
• विख्यातम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-ख्या (धातु)
• Form: क्त (Past Passive Participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; (तपः) विशेषणम्

• दिव्य-अब्दानाम्: of divine years
• दिव्य-अब्दानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक) + अब्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Genitive), बहुवचन

• शतम्: a hundred
• शतम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Measure/quantity)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया/प्रथमा, एकवचन; परिमाणवाचक (numeral)

• प्रिये: O dear one
• प्रिये: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Āgneya (within Prabhāsa-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: After installing a great liṅga, the devotee performs immense austerities at the ‘Āgneya’ station for a hundred divine years—suggested by a ritual fire, southeast orientation, and a timeless atmosphere.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Pārvatī (priye)
• Prabhāsa (devotee)
• Mahā-liṅga
• Āgneya
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Consecration and sustained tapas are presented as powerful dharmic disciplines that draw divine grace and fulfillment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, with reference to a renowned place/shrine called Āgneya connected to the mahā-liṅga.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Liṅga-pratiṣṭhā (consecration) and tapas (austerity) are described, including the duration of “a hundred divine years.”