Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

कुर्वन्त्यन्ये लिंगपूजां प्रणामं च तथाऽपरे । प्रदक्षिणं प्रकुर्वन्ति साष्टांगं प्रणमन्ति च

Transliteration

kurvantyanye liṃgapūjāṃ praṇāmaṃ ca tathā'pare | pradakṣiṇaṃ prakurvanti sāṣṭāṃgaṃ praṇamanti ca

Translation

Andere vollziehen die Verehrung des Liṅga; manche bringen ehrfürchtige Verneigung dar. Sie gehen die Pradakṣiṇā (Umrundung) und werfen sich in voller Aṣṭāṅga‑Prostration nieder.

Word by Word

• kurvanti: do/perform
• kurvanti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (कृ धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• anye: others
• anye: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• liṅga-pūjām: liṅga-worship
• liṅga-pūjām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga + pūjā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (लिङ्गस्य पूजा = worship of the liṅga)

• praṇāmam: salutation
• praṇāmam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: praṇāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक निपात

• tathā: likewise
• tathā: Sambandha (Manner adverb/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (thus/likewise)

• apare: others
• apare: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: apara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• pradakṣiṇam: circumambulation
• pradakṣiṇam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pradakṣiṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणवत् (as object: circumambulation)

• prakurvanti: perform
• prakurvanti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (कृ धातु) with pra- (उपसर्ग)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• sa-aṣṭāṅgam: with eight limbs (full prostration)
• sa-aṣṭāṅgam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa + aṣṭāṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुष (सहित-अष्टाङ्गम् = with eight limbs) used adjectivally (qualifying praṇāmam implied or the act of bowing)

• praṇamanti: bow down
• praṇamanti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √nam (नम् धातु) with pra- (उपसर्ग)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक निपात

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic voice within Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Somnātha at Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devotees and ascetics cluster around the liṅga: some offer flowers and water, others fold hands in praṇāma; lines of pilgrims move in pradakṣiṇā; a few lie in full sāṣṭāṅga prostration on the stone floor.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva-liṅga
• liṅga-pūjā
• pradakṣiṇā
• sāṣṭāṅga-praṇāma

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Embodied devotion—worship, circumambulation, and prostration—anchors humility and surrender before Śiva in a sacred place.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where Liṅga-worship and devotional bodily rites are actively practiced.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Liṅga-pūjā, praṇāma (salutation), pradakṣiṇā (circumambulation), and sāṣṭāṅga-praṇāma (full prostration).