Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 135

Devanagari script

तस्मिंल्लिंगे लयं याति जगदेतच्चराचरम् । पुनस्तेनैव संभूतं दृश्यते सचराचरम्

Transliteration

tasmiṃlliṃge layaṃ yāti jagadetaccarācaram | punastenaiva saṃbhūtaṃ dṛśyate sacarācaram

Translation

Into that very Liṅga this entire universe—moving and unmoving—dissolves. And again, from that same (Supreme) it is born anew and is seen once more as the world of the moving and the unmoving.

Word by Word

• तस्मिन्: in that
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Locative singular)

• लिङ्गे: in the liṅga
• लिङ्गे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• लयम्: dissolution, absorption
• लयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• याति: goes, attains
• याति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपदम

• जगत्: the world
• जगत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (this)

• चराचरम्: moving and unmoving
• चराचरम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चर + अचर (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः—द्वन्द्व (चरं च अचरं च)

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; काल/क्रमवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (again)

• तेन: by that
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Instrumental singular)

• एव: indeed, only
• एव: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण-निपात (only/indeed)

• सम्भूतम्: produced
• सम्भूतम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्+भू (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; विशेषण (arisen/produced)

• दृश्यते: is seen, appears
• दृश्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपदम; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (is seen/appears)

• सचराचरम्: together with the moving and unmoving
• सचराचरम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स + चराचर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (सहितं चराचरम् = together with moving and unmoving)

Speaker

Śiva

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Somēśa/Somnātha)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārvatī (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The universe—planets, beings, mountains—streams inward like sparks into a blazing Liṅga, then unfurls outward again as a renewed cosmos.

Characters & Entities

• Liṅga
• Jagat (universe)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva is presented as the ultimate ground where the cosmos dissolves and from whom it re-emerges—encouraging devotion to the Liṅga as the Supreme Reality.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, centered on the Somnātha (Somēśa) Liṅga.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is stated here; the verse establishes metaphysical greatness of the Liṅga that underlies later pilgrimage merit.