Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 95

Devanagari script

यस्तु स्वायंभुवं लिंगं वामने नगरे मम । पूजयिष्यति ब्रह्मघ्नो गोघ्नो वा बालघातकः

Transliteration

yastu svāyaṃbhuvaṃ liṃgaṃ vāmane nagare mama | pūjayiṣyati brahmaghno goghno vā bālaghātakaḥ

Translation

Wer in meiner Stadt Vāmana den selbstoffenbarten (svayambhū) Liṅga verehrt—selbst wenn er ein Brāhmaṇa-Mörder, ein Kuhmörder oder ein Kindesmörder ist—

Word by Word

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक सर्वनाम

• तु: indeed / but
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), विरोध/विशेषार्थ

• स्वायम्भुवम्: self-manifest
• स्वायम्भुवम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्व + आयम्भुव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; (स्वयम् + भुवः) ‘self-manifest’; विशेषण

• लिङ्गम्: liṅga
• लिङ्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• वामने: in Vāmana (town)
• वामने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वामन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• नगरे: in the city
• नगरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नगर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन

• पूजयिष्यति: will worship
• पूजयिष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• ब्रह्मघ्नः: a brāhmaṇa-slayer
• ब्रह्मघ्नः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् + घ्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; (ब्रह्मणः घ्नः) ‘slayer of a brāhmaṇa’

• गोघ्नः: a cow-slayer
• गोघ्नः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो + घ्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; (गवां घ्नः) ‘cow-slayer’

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (Alternative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक निपात (disjunctive particle)

• बालघातकः: a child-killer
• बालघातकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाल + घातक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; (बालस्य घातकः) ‘child-killer’

Speaker

Vāmana (continuing his boon-request/statement)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Svāyambhu liṅga in Vāmana-nagara (Someśvara/Somanātha tradition)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A proclamation scene: the svāyambhu liṅga in Vāmana’s city is so merciful that even the gravest sinners who worship it are promised purification (verse continues beyond the excerpt).

Characters & Entities

• Vāmana
• Svāyaṃbhuva Liṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva’s grace at a svāyaṃbhu liṅga is portrayed as a powerful purifier, offering a path of redemption even for grave sinners through sincere worship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The svāyaṃbhu liṅga located in Vāmana’s city (Vāmana-nagara) within the Vastrāpatha-kṣetra māhātmya of Prabhāsa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pūjā (worship) of the svāyaṃbhu liṅga is the stated practice, emphasized as efficacious even for those burdened with mahāpātakas.