Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

तत्र ब्रह्मा च विष्णुश्च लिंगस्याराधनोद्यतौ । शक्रश्चैव महातेजा लिंगं पूजितवान्प्रिये

Transliteration

tatra brahmā ca viṣṇuśca liṃgasyārādhanodyatau | śakraścaiva mahātejā liṃgaṃ pūjitavānpriye

Translation

Dort waren Brahmā und Viṣṇu darauf bedacht, den Liṅga zu verehren; und auch der mächtige, strahlende Śakra (Indra), o Geliebte, hat jenen Liṅga verehrt.

Word by Word

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (तत्र)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• brahmā: Brahmā
• brahmā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (ब्रह्मन्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (च)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• viṣṇuḥ: Viṣṇu
• viṣṇuḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣṇu (विष्णु-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (च)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• liṅgasya: of the liṅga
• liṅgasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga (लिङ्ग-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन

• ārādhana-udyatau: intent on worship
• ārādhana-udyatau: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ārādhana (आराधन-प्रातिपदिक) + udyata (उद्यत-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (‘आराधने उद्यतौ’); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), द्विवचन; विशेषण (brahmā, viṣṇuḥ)

• śakraḥ: Śakra (Indra)
• śakraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śakra (शक्र-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (च)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (एव)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphasis particle)

• mahā-tejāḥ: of great splendor
• mahā-tejāḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahā (महा) + tejas (तेजस्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; विशेषण (śakraḥ)

• liṅgam: the liṅga
• liṅgam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga (लिङ्ग-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• pūjitavān: worshipped
• pūjitavān: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √pūj (पूज् धातु) + kta-vat (क्तवत्)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्तवत्; past active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोग

• priye: O beloved (dear one)
• priye: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: priyā (प्रिया-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; संबोधन-पदम्

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya; exact speaker not explicit in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Saṅgāleśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Inside a sanctum, the liṅga stands radiant; Brahmā with four faces offers flowers, Viṣṇu offers tulasī/bilva and water, Indra with vajra stands reverently; lamps and incense curl upward, conveying divine unanimity.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Viṣṇu
• Śakra (Indra)
• Liṅga
• Śiva (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even the highest gods honor Śiva through Liṅga-worship, teaching humility and the supremacy of sincere devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, specifically the Saṅgāleśvara Liṅga within its sacred geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Ārādhana and pūjā of the Liṅga (formal worship/propitiation of the Śiva-liṅga).