Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

ईश्वर उवाच । ततो गच्छेन्महादेवि विश्वकर्मप्रतिष्ठितम् । लिंगं महाप्रभावं हि मोक्षस्वामिन उत्तरे

Transliteration

īśvara uvāca | tato gacchenmahādevi viśvakarmapratiṣṭhitam | liṃgaṃ mahāprabhāvaṃ hi mokṣasvāmina uttare

Translation

Īśvara sprach: „Dann, o große Göttin, soll man zum Liṅga von höchster Macht gehen, das Viśvakarmā errichtet hat, nördlich von Mokṣasvāmi gelegen.“

Word by Word

• īśvaraḥ: Īśvara
• īśvaraḥ: Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (Nominative); एकवचन

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person); एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अव्यय-क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of sequence)

• gacchet: should go
• gacchet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person); एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• mahādevi: O great goddess
• mahādevi: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā-devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन (Vocative); एकवचन; कर्मधारयः—‘महती देवī’

• viśvakarmapratiṣṭhitam: established by Viśvakarman
• viśvakarmapratiṣṭhitam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: viśvakarman-pratiṣṭhita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (Accusative); एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त); ‘विश्वकर्मणा प्रतिष्ठितम्’ तृतीया-तत्पुरुषः

• liṅgam: liṅga (emblem)
• liṅgam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (Accusative); एकवचन

• mahāprabhāvam: of great power
• mahāprabhāvam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahā-prabhāva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (Accusative); एकवचन; कर्मधारयः—‘महान् प्रभावः यस्य’

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphatic/causal particle)

• mokṣasvāminaḥ: of Mokṣasvāmin
• mokṣasvāminaḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mokṣa-svāmin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (Genitive); एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—‘मोक्षस्य स्वामी’

• uttare: to the north / in the northern (side)
• uttare: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: uttara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (Locative); एकवचन; दिशावाचक-विशेषण (locative of place)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Viśvakarmā-pratiṣṭhita Mahāprabhāva-liṅga (name not specified in verse)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Viśvakarmā, radiant and tool-bearing, installs a gleaming liṅga on a pedestal; Śiva and Devī oversee; a directional cue shows the shrine lying north of Mokṣasvāmi within a coastal sacred map.

Characters & Entities

• Viśvakarmā
• Liṅga
• Mokṣasvāmi
• Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine craftsmanship and consecration (pratiṣṭhā) sanctify space; the kṣetra is read as a divinely ordered map guiding seekers.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

A mahāprabhāva Śiva-liṅga installed by Viśvakarmā, located north of Mokṣasvāmi in Prabhāsa-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pilgrims are instructed to proceed (gacchet) to this Viśvakarmā-pratiṣṭhita Liṅga as part of the sacred itinerary.