Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

तत्र स्थित्वा महाक्षेत्रे कृत्वा मनसि निश्चयम् । लिंगं प्रतिष्ठयामास भक्त्या परमया युता

Transliteration

tatra sthitvā mahākṣetre kṛtvā manasi niścayam | liṃgaṃ pratiṣṭhayāmāsa bhaktyā paramayā yutā

Translation

Dort, in jenem großen heiligen Gebiet, verweilte sie und fasste im Herzen einen festen Entschluss. Von höchster Hingabe erfüllt, errichtete sie einen Liṅga.

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (स्थानवाचक क्रियाविशेषण) — indeclinable adverb of place

• स्थित्वा: having stayed
• स्थित्वा: Kriya (Gerundial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (अव्ययकृदन्त), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया — gerund/absolutive: "having stood/remained"

• महाक्षेत्रे: in the great sacred field
• महाक्षेत्रे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाक्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक: महा + क्षेत्र)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन — locative singular

• कृत्वा: having made
• कृत्वा: Kriya (Gerundial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (अव्ययकृदन्त), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया — gerund/absolutive: "having done/made"

• मनसि: in (her) mind
• मनसि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन — locative singular

• निश्चयम्: a resolve, determination
• निश्चयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निश्चय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — accusative singular

• लिङ्गम्: (Śiva-)liṅga
• लिङ्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — accusative singular

• प्रतिष्ठयामास: established
• प्रतिष्ठयामास: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति + स्था (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद — "he/she established"

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन — instrumental singular

• परमया: supreme, highest
• परमया: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परमा (प्रातिपदिक; परम्-विशेषण)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन — instrumental singular; विशेषण (qualifying भक्त्या)

• युता: endowed (with)
• युता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युत (प्रातिपदिक; √युज्)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle) used adjectivally; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — nominative singular; कर्तृविशेषण

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya; traditionally Sūta)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: In Prabhāsa’s sacred expanse, Bhū-devī (still in cow-form or resuming goddess-form) stands in focused meditation and installs a liṅga with offerings, surrounded by serene light.

Characters & Entities

• Prabhāsa-kṣetra
• Śiva-liṅga
• Dharitrī (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When devotion becomes resolute (niścaya), it naturally expresses itself through sacred acts like liṅga-pratiṣṭhā and worship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, described as a mahākṣetra where liṅga installation bears great spiritual fruit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Liṅga-pratiṣṭhā (installation/consecration of a Śiva-liṅga) performed with paramā-bhakti.