Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

तत्र सिद्धिं गमिष्यंति दुर्ल्लभां त्रिदशैरपि । एतत्ते सर्वमाख्यातं तल्लिंगं सिद्धिदं परम्

Transliteration

tatra siddhiṃ gamiṣyaṃti durllabhāṃ tridaśairapi | etatte sarvamākhyātaṃ talliṃgaṃ siddhidaṃ param

Translation

There they attain siddhi—an accomplishment hard to gain even for the gods. Thus has all been declared to you: that liṅga is supreme, the highest bestower of siddhi.

Word by Word

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb: there)

• siddhim: attainment, success
• siddhim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: siddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• gamiṣyanti: will go/attain
• gamiṣyanti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• durlabhām: hard to obtain
• durlabhām: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: durlabha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (siddhim)

• tridaśaiḥ: by the gods (thirty)
• tridaśaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tridaśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन

• api: even
• api: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-कारार्थक-अव्यय (particle: even/also)

• etat: this
• etat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम (demonstrative)

• te: to you
• te: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (to you/for you—contextual dative sense)

• sarvam: everything
• sarvam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समस्तवाचक

• ākhyātam: has been told
• ākhyātam: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√khyā (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे ‘told/declared’

• tat: that
• tat: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (liṅgam)

• liṅgam: liṅga (Śiva-emblem)
• liṅgam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• siddhidam: bestowing success
• siddhidam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: siddhi (प्रातिपदिक) + da (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त-आधार)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुषः (siddhiṃ dadāti iti = bestowing success)

• param: supreme
• param: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (liṅgam)

Speaker

Śiva (Someśvara/Kālāgnirudra) to Devī (Deveśī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Somnātha-liṅga at Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: frame-dialogue listener (unspecified)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Triumphant closing tableau: the Prabhāsa-liṅga blazing with a crown of light; devas in the sky marvel; devotees below receive blessings; the narrator gestures as if concluding a sacred instruction.

Characters & Entities

• Prabhāsa
• Someśvara
• Liṅga
• Tridaśa (Devas)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred geography is not merely symbolic: the liṅga at Prabhāsa is proclaimed as a direct source of rare spiritual accomplishment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa kṣetra and its Someśvara liṅga.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Darśana and reverent approach to the liṅga are implied as the means to attain siddhi.