Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

कृपया परयाविष्टो भक्तिभावान्महेश्वरः । कोटिं कृत्वाऽत्मलिंगानां तस्मिन्स्थाने व्यवस्थितः

Transliteration

kṛpayā parayāviṣṭo bhaktibhāvānmaheśvaraḥ | koṭiṃ kṛtvā'tmaliṃgānāṃ tasminsthāne vyavasthitaḥ

Translation

Saisi de compassion suprême et touché par la bhakti fervente des dévots, Maheśvara manifesta un koṭi de ses propres liṅga et s’établit en ce lieu même.

Word by Word

• कृपया: by compassion
• कृपया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृपा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case), एकवचन; हेतौ/साधने (by/through compassion)

• परया: supreme, great
• परया: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case), एकवचन; कृपया इति विशेषण (qualifying 'compassion')

• आविष्टः: pervaded/filled
• आविष्टः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ√विश् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि (past participle: 'entered/possessed'); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

• भक्तिभावात्: from devotional feeling
• भक्तिभावात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + भाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th case), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (भक्तेः भावः = devotional feeling); अपादान/हेतु (from/owing to)

• महेश्वरः: Maheśvara (Śiva)
• महेश्वरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

• कोटिम्: a crore
• कोटिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोटि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन; संख्या/परिमाण (a crore)

• कृत्वा: having made
• कृत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु) + क्त्वा (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund): 'having made/done'

• आत्मलिङ्गानाम्: of (his) own liṅgas
• आत्मलिङ्गानाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) + लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th case), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष (आत्मनः लिङ्गानि = his own liṅgas)

• तस्मिन्: in that
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन

• स्थाने: place
• स्थाने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन

• व्यवस्थितः: was stationed, remained
• व्यवस्थितः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + अव + √स्था (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि/स्थितिवाचक (past participle used as predicate: 'stood/was stationed'); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

Speaker

Pulastya (contextual narrator within Arbuda Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Koṭiliṅga-sthāna of Arbuda (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: nṛpaśreṣṭha addressed in surrounding verses (king as listener, contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva, moved by compassion, radiates into innumerable liṅgas appearing across the sacred ground; sages prostrate as the landscape becomes dotted with shining liṅgas.

Characters & Entities

• Maheśvara
• Śiva
• Liṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva responds to sincere devotion with compassion, making sacred presence accessible through liṅga-manifestation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A sacred spot in the Arbuda region (Arbuda Khaṇḍa) where the Koṭiliṅga manifestation becomes established.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is prescribed here; the verse emphasizes the power of bhakti and the sanctity of darśana at the manifested liṅga-site.