Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 23

Devanagari script

हिरण्मयानि पद्मानि अधः कृत्वा प्रजापतिः । लिंगमूर्ध्वं प्रतिष्ठाप्य स्वयं पूजितवांस्तदा । हिरण्यकमलैर्दिव्यैर्हिरण्येशस्ततोऽभवत्

Transliteration

hiraṇmayāni padmāni adhaḥ kṛtvā prajāpatiḥ | liṃgamūrdhvaṃ pratiṣṭhāpya svayaṃ pūjitavāṃstadā | hiraṇyakamalairdivyairhiraṇyeśastato'bhavat

Translation

Prajāpati legte goldene Lotosblüten darunter und errichtete den Liṅga aufrecht; damals verehrte er ihn selbst. So wurde der Herr durch jene göttlichen goldenen Lotosblüten als Hiraṇyeśa (Hiraṇyeśvara) berühmt.

Word by Word

• hiraṇmayāni: golden
• hiraṇmayāni: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: hiraṇmaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), बहुवचन; विशेषण (golden)

• padmāni: lotuses
• padmāni: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: padma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), बहुवचन

• adhaḥ: down/below
• adhaḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: adhaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• kṛtvā: having made/placed
• kṛtvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; "कृत्वा" (having made/placed)

• prajāpatiḥ: Prajāpati
• prajāpatiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prajā-pati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; समासः—प्रजानां पतिः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः)

• liṅgam: liṅga
• liṅgam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• ūrdhvam: upwards
• ūrdhvam: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ūrdhva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb) अर्थे—ऊर्ध्वतया (upwards)

• pratiṣṭhāpya: having installed
• pratiṣṭhāpya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: prati-√sthā (धातु) + ṇic (णिच् causative)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; णिजन्त

• svayam: himself
• svayam: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: svayam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (reflexive adverb) अर्थे—स्वयमेव

• pūjitavān: worshipped (having worshipped)
• pūjitavān: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √pūj (धातु)
• Form: क्तवतु (past active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तरि—"पूजितवान्" (one who worshipped)

• tadā: then
• tadā: Kāla (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb of time)

• hiraṇyakamalaiḥ: with golden lotuses
• hiraṇyakamalaiḥ: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hiraṇya-kamala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन; कर्मधारय—हिरण्यं कमलं (golden lotus)

• divyaiḥ: divine
• divyaiḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: divya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• hiraṇyeśaḥ: Hiraṇyeśa (Lord of gold; epithet/name)
• hiraṇyeśaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hiraṇya-īśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; समासः—हिरण्यस्य ईशः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः), नाम

• tataḥ: thereupon
• tataḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb) अर्थे—ततः (thereupon)

• abhavat: became
• abhavat: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु)
• Form: लुङ् (Aorist), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya; specific speaker not explicit in this verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hiraṇyeśa/Hiraṇyeśvara (liṅga)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Prajāpati (Brahmā) places radiant golden lotuses beneath a sacred spot, then establishes an upright liṅga and worships it; the liṅga shines as Hiraṇyeśvara, suffused with gold light.

Characters & Entities

• Prajāpati
• Liṅga
• Hiraṇyeśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion expressed through proper installation and worship of the liṅga sanctifies a place and reveals the deity’s celebrated name and presence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Brahmakuṇḍa vicinity in Prabhāsa Kṣetra, where Hiraṇyeśvara’s māhātmya is narrated.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Liṅga-pratiṣṭhā (establishing the liṅga) and pūjā (worship), here performed by Prajāpati with divine golden lotuses.