Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

एते चान्ये च बहवो देवव्रतपरायणाः । केचित्स्नानं कारयंति तस्य लिंगस्य भक्तितः

Transliteration

ete cānye ca bahavo devavrataparāyaṇāḥ | kecitsnānaṃ kārayaṃti tasya liṃgasya bhaktitaḥ

Translation

Eux et bien d’autres encore étaient des dévots voués aux vœux divins. Certains, par bhakti, firent préparer l’ablution rituelle (abhiṣeka) de ce liṅga.

Word by Word

• एते: these
• एते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-निपात

• अन्ये: others
• अन्ये: Karta (Co-subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-निपात

• बहवः: many
• बहवः: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bahu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifier of एते/अन्ये)

• देवव्रत-परायणाः: devoted to divine vows
• देवव्रत-परायणाः: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective of एते/अन्ये)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक) + vrata (प्रातिपदिक) + parāyaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (बहुपद) ‘देवव्रते परायणाः’ (devoted to divine vows)

• केचित्: some (people)
• केचित्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; अनिश्चितार्थक (some)

• स्नानम्: bathing, ablution
• स्नानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: snāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• कारयन्ति: cause (it) to be done / arrange
• कारयन्ति: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु) (णिच् causative)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; णिच्-प्रयोगः (causative) ‘cause to be done’

• तस्य: of that
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• लिङ्गस्य: of the liṅga
• लिङ्गस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• भक्तितः: out of devotion
• भक्तितः: Hetu (Cause/reason)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bhakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb): ‘from/through devotion’

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic storyteller within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda-liṅga-sthāna

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: nṛpa (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sages and devotees gather around a Śiva-liṅga, pouring water in streams from kalaśas; some hold vessels, others chant; the king continues his circumambulation nearby.

Characters & Entities

• Liṅga (Acaleśvara)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion expresses itself through vrata and seva—especially service to the liṅga through ritual bathing.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The liṅga of Acaleśvara within the Arbuda sacred geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna/abhiṣeka—performing or arranging the ceremonial bathing of the Śiva-liṅga.