Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

ईश्वर उवाच । पंचाथ सिद्धलिंगानि कथयामि यशस्विनि । येषां दर्शनतो देवि सिद्धा यात्रा भवेन्नृणाम्

Transliteration

īśvara uvāca | paṃcātha siddhaliṃgāni kathayāmi yaśasvini | yeṣāṃ darśanato devi siddhā yātrā bhavennṛṇām

Translation

Īśvara sprach: „O ruhmreiche Dame, nun will ich von den fünf Siddha-Liṅgas künden. Schon durch ihr bloßes Schauen, o Göttin, wird die Pilgerfahrt der Menschen vollendet.“

Word by Word

• īśvaraḥ: Īśvara (Lord)
• īśvaraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; वक्ता/कर्ता

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/परोक्षभूत), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• paṃca: five
• paṃca: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: paṃcan (प्रातिपदिक; संख्या)
• Form: अव्ययवत् संख्याशब्दः; नपुंसकलिङ्ग/सामान्यरूप, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (लिङ्गानाम्)

• atha: now; then
• atha: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle; sequence marker)

• siddhaliṃgāni: the accomplished (holy) liṅgas
• siddhaliṃgāni: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: siddha-liṅga (प्रातिपदिक; सिद्ध + लिङ्ग)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), बहुवचन; कर्म (object)

• kathayāmi: I narrate; I tell
• kathayāmi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kath (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/वर्तमान), उत्तमपुरुष (1st), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• yaśasvini: O illustrious lady
• yaśasvini: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yaśasvinī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• yeṣām: of which
• yeṣām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive)

• darśanataḥ: from seeing; by the sight
• darśanataḥ: Apadana (Source/Cause/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: darśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; अपादान (ablative of cause/source)

• devi: O goddess
• devi: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• siddhā: fulfilled; successful
• siddhā: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: siddhā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (यात्रायाः)

• yātrā: pilgrimage
• yātrā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yātrā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्तृ/विषय

• bhavet: would be; becomes
• bhavet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/विधि), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• nṛṇām: of men; of people
• nṛṇām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; सम्बन्ध

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Siddha-liṅga-pañcaka (to be enumerated in chapter 52) in Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Īśvara speaks to Devī, promising to describe five Siddha-liṅgas; the scene is set in a divine assembly, with a vision of five radiant liṅgas appearing like a garland of light.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara
• Devī
• Siddhaliṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Darśana of consecrated sacred forms, approached with reverence, is itself a complete spiritual act that perfects pilgrimage.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where the Siddha-liṅgas are located and praised as pilgrimage-fulfilling.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The implied practice is darśana (visiting and beholding) the five Siddha-liṅgas as a core act of yātrā.