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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 110

तीर्थोपनिषदः ख्याता लिंगोपनिषदस्तथा । योगोपनिषदो देवि पूर्वं वै कथितास्तव

tīrthopaniṣadaḥ khyātā liṃgopaniṣadastathā | yogopaniṣado devi pūrvaṃ vai kathitāstava

Die Tīrtha-Upaniṣad ist weithin bekannt, ebenso die Liṅga-Upaniṣad; und auch die Yoga-Upaniṣaden, o Göttin — all dies ist dir wahrlich schon früher dargelegt worden.

तीर्थोपनिषदःthe Tīrtha-Upaniṣads
तीर्थोपनिषदः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतीर्थ-उपनिषद् (प्रातिपदिक; तीर्थ + उपनिषद्)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (तीर्थस्य उपनिषदः)
ख्याताःare known/called
ख्याताः:
Kriya (Predicate)
TypeAdjective
Rootख्या (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्यय (past passive participle: 'known/called')
लिङ्गोपनिषदःthe Liṅga-Upaniṣads
लिङ्गोपनिषदः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootलिङ्ग-उपनिषद् (प्रातिपदिक; लिङ्ग + उपनिषद्)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (लिङ्गस्य उपनिषदः)
तथाlikewise
तथा:
Sambandha (Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा (अव्यय)
Formक्रियाविशेषण (adverb: likewise/also)
योगोपनिषदःthe Yoga-Upaniṣads
योगोपनिषदः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयोग-उपनिषद् (प्रातिपदिक; योग + उपनिषद्)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (योगस्य उपनिषदः)
देविO goddess
देवि:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootदेवी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन
पूर्वम्previously
पूर्वम्:
Sambandha (Temporal adverb)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपूर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formक्रियाविशेषण (adverb: earlier)
वैindeed
वै:
Sambandha (Emphasis)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवै (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (emphatic particle)
कथिताःwere told
कथिताः:
Kriya (Predicate)
TypeAdjective
Rootकथ् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्यय (past passive participle: 'told')
तवto you
तव:
Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootत्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन (तुभ्यम्-अर्थे)

Śiva

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Listener: Pārvatī

Scene: Śiva enumerates three ‘Upaniṣads’—Tīrtha, Liṅga, and Yoga—signaling a triadic map of outer pilgrimage, icon-worship, and inner realization; Pārvatī receives the classification.

Ś
Śiva
P
Pārvatī
T
Tīrtha
L
Liṅga
Y
Yoga

FAQs

Pilgrimage (tīrtha), liṅga devotion, and yoga are treated as profound, ‘upaniṣadic’ inner teachings.

Prabhāsa-kṣetra is the contextual tīrtha; the verse also generalizes the sanctity of tīrthas as a category.

No direct prescription; it references prior instruction on tīrtha-sevā, liṅga-upāsanā, and yoga.