Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 63

Devanagari script

तत्रैवाराधय विभुं लिंगरूपिणमीश्वरम् । प्रतिष्ठाप्य महापापाच्छारी रात्त्वं विमोक्ष्यसि

Transliteration

tatraivārādhaya vibhuṃ liṃgarūpiṇamīśvaram | pratiṣṭhāpya mahāpāpācchārī rāttvaṃ vimokṣyasi

Translation

Dort selbst verehre den allgegenwärtigen Herrn, Īśvara, in der Gestalt des Liṅga. Nachdem du den Liṅga errichtet hast, wirst du von großer Sünde und von der Fessel des Leibes befreit werden.

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (स्थानवाचक-अव्यय/locative adverb)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात/emphatic particle)

• आराधय: worship
• आराधय: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आराध् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ/imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• विभुम्: the all-pervading Lord
• विभुम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• लिङ्गरूपिणम्: having the form of the liṅga
• लिङ्गरूपिणम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लिङ्ग + रूपिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (विभुम्/ईश्वरम्)

• ईश्वरम्: the Lord
• ईश्वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• प्रतिष्ठाप्य: having installed/established
• प्रतिष्ठाप्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति-स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; पूर्वक्रिया (having established)

• महापापात्: from great sin
• महापापात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महापाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (पाप), पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (अपादान), एकवचन

• शारी: O Śārī (name/epithet)
• शारी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शारिन्/शारी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; संबोधनार्थे/कर्ता-स्थान (addressed person as subject)

• रात्त्वम्: (unclear reading; possibly ‘quickly/at once’ or a name)
• रात्त्वम्: Sambandha (Apposition/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रात्त्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (पाठभेद/दुर्लभ-रूप)

• विमोक्ष्यसि: you will be freed
• विमोक्ष्यसि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्/future), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Unspecified (guiding authority addressing Rāma in Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa Śiva-liṅga ārādhana / pratiṣṭhā

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At Prabhāsa, a devotee performs abhiṣeka and worship to a radiant Śiva-liṅga; nearby, a newly established liṅga is consecrated; dark chains symbolizing bondage break apart.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara (Śiva)
• Liṅga
• Prabhāsakṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage is fulfilled by devotion: worship and consecration of Śiva’s Liṅga at the sacred site leads to purification and liberation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, specifically the place where Liṅga-worship and establishment are prescribed in this chapter’s tīrtha-context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Ārādhana (worship) of Īśvara in Liṅga form and Liṅga-pratiṣṭhā (installation/consecration).