Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

यस्मा त्षडंगयोगेन तेषां तुष्टो वृषध्वजः । तेन योगेश्वरं नाम लिंगं योगफलप्रदम्

Transliteration

yasmā tṣaḍaṃgayogena teṣāṃ tuṣṭo vṛṣadhvajaḥ | tena yogeśvaraṃ nāma liṃgaṃ yogaphalapradam

Translation

Weil Vṛṣadhvaja (Śiva, dessen Banner den Stier trägt) durch die Übung des sechsgliedrigen Yoga an ihnen Wohlgefallen fand, heißt jenes Liṅga daher „Yogēśvara“, der Spender der Früchte des Yoga.

Word by Word

• यस्मात्: because of which
• यस्मात्: Hetu/Reason (Ablative cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• षडङ्गयोगेन: by the six-limbed yoga
• षडङ्गयोगेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: षट्-अङ्ग-योग (प्रातिपदिक; षट् + अङ्ग + योग)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• तुष्टः: pleased
• तुष्टः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुष् (धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त

• वृषध्वजः: the one whose banner is the bull (Śiva)
• वृषध्वजः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृष-ध्वज (प्रातिपदिक; वृष + ध्वज)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘यस्य ध्वजः वृषः सः’

• तेन: therefore/by him
• तेन: Karana/Agent-instrument (by him/therefore)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• योगेश्वरम्: (named) Yogeshvara
• योगेश्वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योग-ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक; योग + ईश्वर)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• नाम: by name
• नाम: Sambandha/Specifier
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)
• Form: नाम-शब्दः, संज्ञासूचक-अव्यय (indeclinable indicating name)

• लिङ्गम्: liṅga (emblem)
• लिङ्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; अत्र कर्मपदं (to be understood as ‘(he established) a liṅga’)

• योगफलप्रदम्: granting the fruit of yoga
• योगफलप्रदम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: योग-फल-प्रद (प्रातिपदिक; योग + फल + प्रद)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; ‘लिङ्गम्’ विशेषण

Speaker

Śiva (addressing Devī/Pārvatī, inferred)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Yogeśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva (Vṛṣadhvaja) pleased by the gaṇas’ six-limbed yoga; the Yogeśvara liṅga shines as a symbol of yogic attainment, with subtle iconography of the six limbs around it.

Characters & Entities

• Vṛṣadhvaja (Śiva)
• Yogēśvara Liṅga
• Ṣaḍaṅga-yoga
• Prabhāsa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Yoga becomes complete when it ripens into devotion and divine approval; sacred icons embody that grace as “fruit-giving.”

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, specifically the Yogēśvara liṅga established/renowned there.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Practice of ṣaḍaṅga-yoga is referenced; the verse also identifies the liṅga as granting yoga’s results.