Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

ततः प्रसन्ना ऋषयो मार्कंडप्रमुखाः प्रिये । प्रतिष्ठितस्य लिंगस्य पांडवैर्वरवर्णिनि

Transliteration

tataḥ prasannā ṛṣayo mārkaṃḍapramukhāḥ priye | pratiṣṭhitasya liṃgasya pāṃḍavairvaravarṇini

Translation

Daraufhin, o Geliebte, wurden die Weisen, angeführt von Mārkaṇḍa, erfreut, o Frau von schöner Farbe, über den Liṅga, den die Pāṇḍavas ordnungsgemäß eingesetzt hatten.

Word by Word

• ततः: then/thereupon
• ततः: Hetu/Sequence (Cause/Then)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb) कारण/अनन्तरार्थक

• प्रसन्नाः: pleased
• प्रसन्नाः: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रसन्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (ऋषयः)

• ऋषयः: sages
• ऋषयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• मार्कण्डप्रमुखाः: headed by Mārkaṇḍa
• मार्कण्डप्रमुखाः: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मार्कण्ड-प्रमुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; 'headed by Mārkaṇḍa' (qualifying ऋषयः)

• प्रिये: O dear one
• प्रिये: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• प्रतिष्ठितस्य: of the installed
• प्रतिष्ठितस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति-स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (PPP) 'प्रतिष्ठित', षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन, नपुंसकलिङ्ग (लिङ्गस्य)

• लिङ्गस्य: of the liṅga
• लिङ्गस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• पाण्डवैः: by the Pāṇḍavas
• पाण्डवैः: Kartr/Agent (Agent of implied action/कर्तृ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• वरवर्णिनि: O fair-complexioned one
• वरवर्णिनि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वरवर्णिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः: वरः वर्णः यस्याः सा

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic voice; immediately followed by 'Ṛṣaya ūcuḥ')

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Pāṇḍaveśvara (contextual liṅga at Prabhāsa)

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Beloved lady addressed in narration (likely Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: After the installation, the sages—headed by Mārkaṇḍeya—smile with satisfaction, gazing upon the newly established liṅga; the Pāṇḍavas stand reverently nearby as the atmosphere settles into calm auspiciousness.

Characters & Entities

• Mārkaṇḍa
• Ṛṣis
• Pāṇḍavas
• Liṅga
• Pāṇḍaveśvara (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A sacred act like liṅga-pratiṣṭhā, when performed with dharma and devotion, pleases the sages and sanctifies the place for future worship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, in the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya context, with the Pāṇḍaveśvara liṅga as the focal shrine.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Liṅga-pratiṣṭhā (the installation/consecration of a Śiva-liṅga) performed by the Pāṇḍavas.