Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

हृत्पद्मकोशमध्यस्थं शून्यरूपं निरञ्जनम् । एवं सदाशिवं विद्धि प्रभासे लिङ्गरूपिणम्

Transliteration

hṛtpadmakośamadhyasthaṃ śūnyarūpaṃ nirañjanam | evaṃ sadāśivaṃ viddhi prabhāse liṅgarūpiṇam

Translation

So erkenne Sadāśiva: in der Mitte des Herzlotus verweilend, von der Natur innerer Weite (śūnya), makellos und ungebunden—zu Prabhāsa offenbar als Gestalt des Liṅga.

Word by Word

• हृत्पद्मकोशमध्यस्थम्: situated in the middle of the lotus-calyx of the heart
• हृत्पद्मकोशमध्यस्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हृत्-पद्म-कोश-मध्य-स्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (acc. sg. n.); समासः—तत्पुरुष-श्रृङ्खला (हृदि पद्मस्य कोशे मध्ये स्थितम्)

• शून्यरूपम्: having the form of emptiness
• शून्यरूपम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शून्य-रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (acc. sg. n.); समासः—कर्मधारयः (शून्यं रूपं यस्य/शून्यरूपम्)

• निरञ्जनम्: stainless, untainted
• निरञ्जनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर्-अञ्जन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (acc. sg. n.); विशेषणम्

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of manner)

• सदाशिवम्: Sadāśiva
• सदाशिवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सदा-शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (acc. sg. m.); समासः—कर्मधारयः (सदा शिवः)

• विद्धि: know (you should know)
• विद्धि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• प्रभासे: in Prabhāsa
• प्रभासे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन (loc. sg. m.); स्थानवाचक

• लिङ्गरूपिणम्: having the form of a liṅga
• लिङ्गरूपिणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लिङ्ग-रूपिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (acc. sg. m.); समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (लिङ्गस्य रूपं यस्य)

Speaker

Unspecified (within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Somnātha region)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A serene yogin-devotee stands before the Prabhāsa liṅga; simultaneously, a subtle lotus within the chest glows, indicating Sadāśiva seated in the heart’s center—stainless, spacious, and luminous.

Characters & Entities

• Sadāśiva
• Prabhāsa
• Liṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Outer pilgrimage and inner realization converge: the Liṅga at Prabhāsa corresponds to Sadāśiva realized within the heart-lotus.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa, where Sadāśiva is specifically said to be present in Liṅga form.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly supports Liṅga-upāsanā (worship of the Liṅga) along with inward meditation on the heart-lotus.