Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

लिंगं संस्थापयामास देवदेवस्य शूलिनः । ततो विकल्मषो भूत्वा जगाम स्वगृहं पुनः

Transliteration

liṃgaṃ saṃsthāpayāmāsa devadevasya śūlinaḥ | tato vikalmaṣo bhūtvā jagāma svagṛhaṃ punaḥ

Translation

Er errichtete einen Liṅga für Śūlin, den Gott der Götter. Dann, von aller Befleckung frei geworden, kehrte er wieder in seine Wohnstatt zurück.

Word by Word

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

• संस्थापयामास: installed
• संस्थापयामास: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्+स्था (धातु) [णिच् causative: स्थापय्]
• Form: लिट्-लकार (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; causative sense ‘caused to be established/installed’

• देव-देवस्य: of the god of gods
• देव-देवस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक) + देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive)

• शूलिनः: of the trident-bearer (Śiva)
• शूलिनः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शूलिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (epithet in genitive agreeing with देवदेवस्य)

• ततः: then
• ततः: Discourse connector (Anvaya/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (then/thereupon)

• विकल्मषः: free from sin/impurity
• विकल्मषः: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विकल्मष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (predicate adjective)

• भूत्वा: having become
• भूत्वा: Kriya (Gerundial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया; ‘having become’

• जगाम: went
• जगाम: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• स्व-गृहम्: to (his) own house
• स्व-गृहम्: Gati-karma (Destination/गतिकर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व (प्रातिपदिक) + गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; गतिकर्म (destination)

• पुनः: again/back
• पुनः: Adverbial (Manner/पुनरावृत्ति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: पुनरावृत्त्यर्थक अव्यय (again/back)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (contextual attribution within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa māhātmya narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śūlin-liṅga at Prabhāsa (installed liṅga)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Addressed interlocutor (varānane)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On a purified altar near the river, the devotee installs a dark stone liṅga; priests pour water and milk; bilva leaves and lamps surround; the devotee’s face shifts from anguish to relief.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Śūlin
• Liṅga
• Prabhāsa Kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva-bhakti expressed through liṅga स्थापना, together with tīrtha practice, is presented as a potent path to purification and restoration.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, specifically the sacred locus associated with the Brahmeśvara liṅga.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Liṅga-saṃsthāpana (consecrating/establishing a Śiva liṅga) as an act of devotion and expiation.