Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

मन्नामांकितलिंगस्तु वस कल्पायुतायुतम् । एवमस्त्वित्यथेत्युक्त्वा तत्रैवान्तरधीयत

Transliteration

mannāmāṃkitaliṃgastu vasa kalpāyutāyutam | evamastvityathetyuktvā tatraivāntaradhīyata

Translation

„Möge der Liṅga, der meinen Namen trägt, für Zehntausende von Kalpas verweilen.“ Mit den Worten „So sei es“ und „Ja“ verschwand er daraufhin an eben diesem Ort.

Word by Word

• मत्: my
• मत्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive) एकवचनार्थे समासपूर्वपद-रूप (my)

• नाम: name
• नाम: Sambandha (Compound member/समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन; समासाङ्ग

• अंकित: marked, inscribed
• अंकित: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अङ्क् (धातु) → अंकित (कृदन्त; क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्यय; समासाङ्ग

• लिङ्गः: liṅga (Śiva-emblem)
• लिङ्गः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तु: indeed, however
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विरोध/विशेषार्थक (adversative/emphatic particle)

• वस: dwell
• वस: Kriya (Command/आज्ञा)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वस् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• कल्पायुतायुतम्: for a hundred million kalpas (lit. ten-thousand ten-thousands of kalpas)
• कल्पायुतायुतम्: Karma (Measure/परिमाण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कल्प (प्रातिपदिक) + अयुत (प्रातिपदिक/संख्याशब्द) + अयुत (प्रातिपदिक/संख्याशब्द)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; परिमाणवाचक-समास (अयुतानाम् अयुतम् = 10,000×10,000)

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (manner adverb)

• अस्तु: let it be
• अस्तु: Kriya (Assent/आशीः)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative/benedictive sense), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इत्यादि-उद्धरणचिह्न (quotative particle)

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रम/आरम्भबोधक (sequencing particle)

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उद्धरणचिह्न (quotative)

• उक्त्वा: having said
• उक्त्वा: Kriya (Non-finite action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund), अव्ययभाव; पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (locative adverb)

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphatic/limiting particle)

• अन्तर्धीयत: disappeared
• अन्तर्धीयत: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अन्तर्-धा (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva); assent to Maṃkī Ṛṣi’s boon-request

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Maṃkīśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A liṅga inscribed/marked by name is envisioned as enduring for countless kalpas; Mahādeva affirms 'evam astu' and then dissolves from sight within the sanctum, leaving the consecrated presence behind.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva-liṅga
• Maṃkī (name-marked liṅga)
• Kalpa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A sacred shrine becomes a long-lasting refuge for devotees when consecrated through tapas and confirmed by divine sanction.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Maṃkī-named liṅga—Maṃkīśvara—whose presence is promised for vast cosmic durations.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse implies the sanctity of a name-consecrated liṅga and divine approval; it does not specify a new ritual act beyond the boon.