Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 16

Devanagari script

अत्राहं संस्थितो नित्यं लिंगरूपी महाप्रभुः । स्थास्यामि कल्पेकल्पे वै नृणां पापापहारकः

Transliteration

atrāhaṃ saṃsthito nityaṃ liṃgarūpī mahāprabhuḥ | sthāsyāmi kalpekalpe vai nṛṇāṃ pāpāpahārakaḥ

Translation

„Hier bin ich ewig gegründet, der große Herr in der Gestalt des Liṅga. In jedem Zeitalter, in jedem Kalpa werde ich bleiben und die Sünden der Menschen hinwegnehmen.“

Word by Word

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; उत्तमपुरुष; एकवचन; प्रथमा (Nominative)

• संस्थितः: stationed, established
• संस्थितः: Karta (Subject-complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + √स्था (धातु) → संस्थित (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त); पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; विशेषण (past participle: ‘having remained/being stationed’)

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावेन प्रयुक्तम्; कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb)

• लिङ्गरूपी: in the form of a liṅga
• लिङ्गरूपी: Karta (Subject-complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लिङ्ग + रूपिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (लिङ्गस्य रूपी); पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; विशेषण

• महाप्रभुः: the great Lord
• महाप्रभुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महā + प्रभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास; पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन

• स्थास्यामि: I shall remain
• स्थास्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्था (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future); उत्तमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• कल्पे: in a kalpa
• कल्पे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कल्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; सप्तमी (Locative); एकवचन

• कल्पे: in (each) kalpa
• कल्पे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कल्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; सप्तमी (Locative); एकवचन (पुनरुक्ति: ‘kalpa after kalpa’)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha/Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• नृणाम्: of men
• नृणाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; षष्ठी (Genitive); बहुवचन

• पापापहारकः: remover of sins
• पापापहारकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप + अपहारक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (पापस्य अपहारकः); पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन

Speaker

Śiva (Rudra)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharitrī-liṅga (Prabhāsa-kṣetra)

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (immediate addressee in episode) and the frame audience of ṛṣis

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A majestic liṅga stands in a sanctum with an unbroken aura; a cosmic backdrop hints at repeating kalpas—stars, cycles, and time-wheels—while pilgrims approach seeking absolution.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Dharitrī-liṅga
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The deity’s grace becomes accessible through a stable sacred form; the liṅga stands as a perennial refuge for purification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where Śiva declares an eternal residence in liṅga-form (Dharitrī-liṅga).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, liṅga-worship at this spot is recommended as a means of pāpa-kṣaya (sin removal).