Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

स्वस्थाश्चैवाभवंल्लोकास्तेजस्तत्रैव संस्थितम् । एवं मया प्रेरितास्ते लिंगं तत्र समादधुः

Transliteration

svasthāścaivābhavaṃllokāstejastatraiva saṃsthitam | evaṃ mayā preritāste liṃgaṃ tatra samādadhuḥ

Translation

Und die Welten wurden wieder ruhig, während jenes Strahlen dort selbst fest gegründet blieb. So, von mir angetrieben, errichteten sie an eben diesem Ort ein Liṅga.

Word by Word

• स्वस्थाः: healthy, at ease
• स्वस्थाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वस्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन; लोकाः-विशेषण

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक

• एव: indeed
• एव: Nipata (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक (emphatic particle)

• अभवन्: became, were
• अभवन्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• लोकाः: worlds/people
• लोकाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन

• तेजः: radiance
• तेजः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तेजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

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

• एव: itself/indeed
• एव: Nipata (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक

• संस्थितम्: remained, stayed
• संस्थितम्: Kriya (Predicative/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-स्था (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (Past passive participle, क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तेजः-समन्वय

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana/Agent (Instrumental agent/करण-कर्तृ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तम-पुरुष सर्वनाम, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन

• प्रेरिताः: impelled, instructed
• प्रेरिताः: Kriya (Predicative/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र-ईर्/ईर् (धातु) + णिच् → प्रेरय् + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (Past passive participle, क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ते-समन्वय

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन

• लिङ्गम्: liṅga (emblem)
• लिङ्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

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

• समादधुः: placed, installed
• समादधुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-धा (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mahāprabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī/Pārvatī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: After the sealing, the atmosphere clears; a steady column of light remains hovering or settling at the spot. Under divine prompting, devotees perform liṅga installation with ritual vessels, flowers, and lamps.

Characters & Entities

• Liṅga
• Tejas
• Lokāḥ

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worship and installation of the liṅga transform overwhelming power into a stable, beneficent presence for the welfare of the worlds.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, the locus where the tejas settled and the liṅga was installed.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Liṅga-pratiṣṭhā (installation of the Śiva-liṅga) at the sanctified spot.