Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

तल्लिंगस्यैव माहात्म्यात्ततश्चंद्रेश्वरोऽभवत् । तस्य लिंगस्य माहात्म्याच्चंद्रमा गतकल्मषः

Transliteration

talliṃgasyaiva māhātmyāttataścaṃdreśvaro'bhavat | tasya liṃgasya māhātmyāccaṃdramā gatakalmaṣaḥ

Translation

By the greatness of that very Liṅga, he then became known as Candreśvara; and by the greatness of that Liṅga, the Moon became free from defilement.

Word by Word

• तत्: of that
• तत्: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (सम्बन्धे)

• लिङ्गस्य: of the liṅga
• लिङ्गस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• एव: indeed
• एव: सम्बन्धसूचक (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (particle: ‘indeed/only’)

• माहात्म्यात्: from the greatness
• माहात्म्यात्: अपादान (Cause/source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माहात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative), एकवचन

• ततः: then
• ततः: सम्बन्धसूचक (Sequence)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततस् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रमान्वय (adverb: ‘then/thereupon’)

• चन्द्रेश्वरः: (named) Candra-īśvara
• चन्द्रेश्वरः: कर्ता (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चन्द्र + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समास: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (‘चन्द्रस्य ईश्वरः’)

• अभवत्: became
• अभवत्: क्रिया (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार, परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• तस्य: of that
• तस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• लिङ्गस्य: of the liṅga
• लिङ्गस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• माहात्म्यात्: from the greatness
• माहात्म्यात्: अपादान (Cause/source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माहात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• चन्द्रमा: the moon
• चन्द्रमा: कर्ता (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चन्द्रमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• गतकल्मषः: freed from sin/taint
• गतकल्मषः: विशेषण (Qualifier of चन्द्रमा)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गत + कल्मष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘गत’ = क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (PPP) from √गम्; समास: कर्मधारय (‘गतं कल्मषं यस्य’)

Speaker

Narrative context (speaker not explicit in this verse; within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya discourse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Candreśvara (Somnātha/Prabhāsa liṅga-context)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant Śiva-liṅga at Prabhāsa; the Moon-god (Candra) approaches with folded hands, his blemish fading as cool lunar rays mingle with the liṅga’s aura; attendants and sages witness the transformation; the epithet ‘Candreśvara’ is proclaimed.

Characters & Entities

• Liṅga (Pṛthivīśvara context)
• Candreśvara
• Candra (Moon)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The māhātmya of the sacred Liṅga is presented as a direct purifier, granting both renewed identity and freedom from impurity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, through the Liṅga whose greatness establishes Candreśvara and purifies Candra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, continued Liṅga devotion; the verse highlights the Liṅga’s māhātmya as the cause of purification and renown.