Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

तदा सिद्धगणाः सर्वे समाराध्य वृषध्वजम् । स्थापयांचक्रिरे लिंगं सर्वसिद्धिप्रदायकम्

Transliteration

tadā siddhagaṇāḥ sarve samārādhya vṛṣadhvajam | sthāpayāṃcakrire liṃgaṃ sarvasiddhipradāyakam

Translation

Daraufhin verehrten alle Scharen der Siddhas den Herrn mit dem Stierbanner (Śiva) und errichteten den Liṅga, der jede geistige Vollendung verleiht.

Word by Word

• तदा: then
• तदा: सम्बन्ध (काल-सम्बन्ध/Temporal link)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb): “then”

• सिद्धगणाः: the hosts of Siddhas
• सिद्धगणाः: कर्ता (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्ध + गण (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Nominative plural); तत्पुरुषः: “सिद्धानां गणाः”

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: विशेषण (Qualifier of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (agreeing with सिद्धगणाः)

• समाराध्य: having worshipped
• समाराध्य: क्रियाविशेषण (पूर्वक्रिया/Adverbial participle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् + आ + राध् (धातु) → समाराध्य (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय, अव्ययभाव)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund): “having worshipped/propitiated”

• वृषध्वजम्: Śiva (bull-bannered)
• वृषध्वजम्: कर्म (Object of worship)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृष + ध्वज (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Accusative singular); बहुव्रीहिः: “वृषः ध्वजः यस्य सः” (one whose banner is the bull) = Śiva

• स्थापयाम्: (they) caused to be established
• स्थापयाम्: क्रियापद-पूर्वाङ्ग (Part of periphrastic perfect)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु) → स्थापय (णिच्) + आम्
• Form: लिट्-लकार (परस्मैपद, periphrastic perfect/लिट्-परस्मैपद), उत्तमपुरुष?; actually with चक्रिरे forms periphrastic perfect: स्थापयाम् = कृदन्त-आमन्त (periphrastic perfect base) used with कृ; अव्ययवत्-पूर्वाङ्ग

• चक्रिरे: they did / they performed
• चक्रिरे: क्रिया (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन (3rd person plural): “they did/made” (auxiliary in periphrastic perfect)

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

• सर्वसिद्धिप्रदायकम्: granting all accomplishments
• सर्वसिद्धिप्रदायकम्: विशेषण (Qualifier of object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + सिद्धि + प्रदायक (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (agreeing with लिङ्गम्); तत्पुरुषः: “सर्वाः सिद्धयः प्रददाति”

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara) (continuing instruction)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Saṃgāleśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Siddha-gaṇas encircle the liṅga, offering incense and flowers; above, Śiva as Vṛṣadhvaja is suggested by a banner with a bull emblem; the liṅga emits rays symbolizing ‘sarva-siddhi’.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (Vṛṣadhvaja)
• Siddhagaṇas
• Śivaliṅga
• Saṃgāleśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion and proper worship culminate in divine empowerment; the kṣetra’s liṅga is framed as a source of siddhi and grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Saṃgāleśvara liṅga in Prabhāsakṣetra, installed by siddhagaṇas.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Samārādhana (formal worship) and liṅga-sthāpanā (installation) are indicated.