Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

यत्र लिंगं पुराऽस्माकं पातितं त्वृषिभिः प्रिये । क्रोधरक्तेक्षणैर्देवि मूलचण्डीशता गतम्

Transliteration

yatra liṃgaṃ purā'smākaṃ pātitaṃ tvṛṣibhiḥ priye | krodharaktekṣaṇairdevi mūlacaṇḍīśatā gatam

Translation

Beloved, it was there that our liṅga was once cast down by the sages; and, O Goddess, through eyes reddened with wrath it came to be in the state known as Mūlacaṇḍīśa.

Word by Word

• yatra: where
• yatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; देशवाचक-सम्बन्ध (relative locative adverb: ‘where’)

• liṃgam: liṅga (emblem)
• liṃgam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गम् (neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्तिः (Nom./Acc.), एकवचनम् (singular)

• purā: formerly
• purā: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: purā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb: ‘formerly’)

• asmākam: of us / our
• asmākam: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी विभक्तिः (Genitive/6th), बहुवचनम् (plural)

• pātitam: caused to fall / cast down
• pātitam: Karma (Object predicate/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pat (धातु)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गम् (neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्तिः (Nom./Acc.), एकवचनम् (singular); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle)

• tu: indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; अवधानसूचक (particle)

• ṛṣibhiḥ: by the sages
• ṛṣibhiḥ: Karana (Agent/Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṛṣi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः (masculine), तृतीया विभक्तिः (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचनम् (plural)

• priye: O beloved
• priye: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: priyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गः (feminine), सम्बोधन विभक्तिः (Vocative), एकवचनम् (singular)

• krodharaktekṣaṇaiḥ: with anger-reddened eyes
• krodharaktekṣaṇaiḥ: Karana (Accompaniment/Means/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: krodha-rakta-īkṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक; ‘anger’ + ‘red’ + ‘eyes/looking’)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः (masculine), तृतीया विभक्तिः (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचनम् (plural); विशेषणम् (qualifying ṛṣibhiḥ: ‘with anger-reddened eyes’)

• devi: O देवी
• devi: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गः (feminine), सम्बोधन विभक्तिः (Vocative), एकवचनम् (singular)

• mūlacaṇḍīśatā: the state of being Mūlacaṇḍīśa
• mūlacaṇḍīśatā: Gati (Result state/गति)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mūla-caṇḍīśa-tā (प्रातिपदिक; ‘Mūlacaṇḍīśa’ + abstract suffix -tā)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गः (feminine), प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्तिः (Nom./Acc.), एकवचनम् (singular)

• gatam: having become / having reached
• gatam: Karma (Object predicate/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: gam (धातु)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गम् (neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्तिः (Nom./Acc.), एकवचनम् (singular); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle); परिणामवाचक (having reached/assumed)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mūlacaṇḍīśa

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sages, inflamed with anger, cast down Śiva’s liṅga; Śiva addresses Devī, describing the liṅga’s transformation into the fierce-named Mūlacaṇḍīśa.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara (Śiva)
• Devi (Pārvatī)
• Ṛṣis
• Liṅga
• Mūlacaṇḍīśa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even conflict and misunderstanding can become sanctified history—events involving sages and Śiva’s liṅga establish enduring tīrtha identity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The place where the liṅga’s ‘falling’ is remembered and which is identified as Mūlacaṇḍīśa in Prabhāsa Kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the verse provides etiological (origin) context for a shrine.