Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

कर्मादौ कर्मणश्चान्ते यात्रोद्वाहगृहादिके । लिंगद्वयं पूजयित्वा सिद्धिमाप्नोति तत्क्षणात्

Transliteration

karmādau karmaṇaścānte yātrodvāhagṛhādike | liṃgadvayaṃ pūjayitvā siddhimāpnoti tatkṣaṇāt

Translation

At the start of an undertaking and at its completion—during pilgrimage, weddings, house-building, and such rites—one who worships the pair of Liṅgas attains success immediately.

Word by Word

• karmādau: at the beginning of a rite/work
• karmādau: Adhikarana (Time/Place locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: karma-ādi (प्रातिपदिक; कर्मन् + आदि)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरणे (at the beginning of an act)

• karmaṇaḥ: of the act/work
• karmaṇaḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: karman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction)

• ante: at the end
• ante: Adhikarana (Time locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरणे (at the end)

• yātrā-udvāha-gṛha-ādike: in occasions such as journeys, weddings, house-(ceremonies), etc.
• yātrā-udvāha-gṛha-ādike: Adhikarana (Context/occasion/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yātrā-udvāha-gṛha-ādi (प्रातिपदिक; यात्रा + उद्वाह + गृह + आदि)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरणे; समाहार-द्वन्द्व (collective)

• liṅgadvayam: the pair of liṅgas
• liṅgadvayam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga-dvaya (प्रातिपदिक; लिङ्ग + द्वय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• pūjayitvā: having worshipped
• pūjayitvā: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pūj (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त (absolutive), पूर्वक्रिया

• siddhim: success; accomplishment
• siddhim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: siddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• āpnoti: attains
• āpnoti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: āp (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• tatkṣaṇāt: immediately
• tatkṣaṇāt: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tat-kṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक; तत् + क्षण)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; पञ्चमी-अर्थे अव्यय (immediately; lit. from that moment)

Speaker

Not explicit in this verse (contextual narrator within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Liṅga-yugma (Twin Liṅgas) at Unnata-sthāna

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee couple and family stand before two adjacent liṅgas, offering flowers and water; in side panels appear scenes of a pilgrim setting out, a wedding procession, and a house foundation-laying—each bracketed by worship.

Characters & Entities

• Liṅgadvaya (Twin Liṅgas)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Aligning life-events with devotion—especially Śiva-worship—brings auspicious completion (siddhi) to worldly and sacred undertakings.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, specifically the sanctity of the Liṅgadvaya worship praised in its māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Worship of the Twin Liṅgas at the beginning and end of important rites (yātrā, udvāha, gṛha-related ceremonies) is prescribed for immediate success.