Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

ततो वर्षसहस्रांते तयोर्मध्ये नृपोत्तम । प्रादुर्भूतं महालिंगं दिव्यं तेजोमयं शुभम्

Transliteration

tato varṣasahasrāṃte tayormadhye nṛpottama | prādurbhūtaṃ mahāliṃgaṃ divyaṃ tejomayaṃ śubham

Translation

Then, at the end of a thousand years, O best of kings, between those two there manifested a great Liṅga—divine, formed of radiant splendor, auspicious.

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (तत: = तस्मात्/अनन्तरम्) = adverb

• वर्षसहस्रान्ते: at the end of a thousand years
• वर्षसहस्रान्ते: Adhikaraṇa (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ष (प्रातिपदिक) + सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास: ‘वर्षसहस्रस्य अन्ते’ = at the end of a thousand years

• तयोः: of the two
• तयोः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), द्विवचन; सर्वनाम

• मध्ये: in the middle
• मध्ये: Adhikaraṇa (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरण

• नृपोत्तम: O best of kings
• नृपोत्तम: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप (प्रातिपदिक) + उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन; कर्मधारय: ‘उत्तमः नृपः’

• प्रादुर्भूतम्: manifested, appeared
• प्रादुर्भूतम्: Karta (Subject complement/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रादुर् (अव्यय/उपसर्गवत्) + √भू (धातु) + भूत (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त = past passive participle; ‘appeared’

• महालिङ्गम्: a great liṅga
• महालिङ्गम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (पूर्वपद) + लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मधारय: ‘महৎ लिङ्गम्’

• दिव्यम्: divine
• दिव्यम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण

• तेजोमयम्: made of light
• तेजोमयम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तेजस् (प्रातिपदिक) + मयट् (प्रत्यय) → तेजोमय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष/उपपद-समास: ‘तेजसा मयम्’ = consisting of radiance; विशेषण

• शुभम्: auspicious
• शुभम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण

Speaker

Pulastya (narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Māheśvara Mahāliṅga (Jyoti-liṅga motif at Arbuda)

Type: peak

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: ‘O best of kings’ (royal interlocutor)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Between two contending deities, a colossal, radiant, auspicious liṅga suddenly manifests—pure light with a dark stone core hinted within the blaze; the landscape reads as a sacred mountain precinct.

Characters & Entities

• Mahāliṅga
• Brahmā
• Govinda
• King (listener, unnamed)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The supreme auspicious principle (symbolized by the Mahāliṅga) transcends rivalry and reveals itself as the higher reality beyond competing claims.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Within the Arbuda narrative setting, the verse highlights the Mahāliṅga’s manifestation; the verse itself does not specify a named tīrtha, but it serves a māhātmya-style revelation motif.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None is stated in this verse.