Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

ईश्वर उवाच । पंचैवं सिद्धलिंगानि कथितानि तव प्रिये । यश्चैनं वेद संकेतं क्षेत्रवासी स उच्यते

Transliteration

īśvara uvāca | paṃcaivaṃ siddhaliṃgāni kathitāni tava priye | yaścainaṃ veda saṃketaṃ kṣetravāsī sa ucyate

Translation

Īśvara sprach: „So, o Geliebte, sind dir die fünf vollendeten (siddha) Liṅgas dargelegt worden. Und wer dieses heilige Zeichen (saṃketa) versteht, der wird wahrhaft ein Bewohner des heiligen Kṣetra genannt.“

Word by Word

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

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

• paṃca: five
• paṃca: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pañcan (प्रातिपदिक; numeral)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), बहुवचन; संख्याविशेषणम्

• evaṃ: thus
• evaṃ: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evaṃ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (adverb of manner)

• siddhaliṃgāni: the accomplished liṅgas
• siddhaliṃgāni: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: siddha-liṅga (प्रातिपदिक; सिद्ध + लिङ्ग)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• kathitāni: have been told
• kathitāni: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kath (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे (passive sense)

• tava: to you/your
• tava: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (प्रातिपदिक; सर्वनाम)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• priye: O beloved
• priye: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: priyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक; सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक (relative pronoun)

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

• enam: this
• enam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (प्रातिपदिक; सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• veda: knows
• veda: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vid (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• saṃketam: the sign/indication
• saṃketam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃketa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• kṣetravāsī: a resident of the sacred field
• kṣetravāsī: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣetra-vāsin (प्रातिपदिक; क्षेत्र + वासिन्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक; सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• ucyate: is called
• ucyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्; कर्मणि (passive)

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Pañca Siddha-liṅgāni (Prabhāsa)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārvatī (addressed as ‘priye’)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Īśvara instructs his beloved (Pārvatī) about five siddha-liṅgas; a sacred map-like vision shows five glowing liṅgas across Prabhāsa, connected by luminous lines indicating ‘saṃketa’.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Siddhaliṅga
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True belonging to a sacred place is not only physical presence but also understanding its sacred tradition and inner meaning.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, through the teaching about its five siddha-liṅgas and the mark of true kṣetra-residency.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, learning/knowing the saṃketa connected with the five siddha-liṅgas; no explicit rite is detailed in this verse.