Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 95

Devanagari script

गर्ते निक्षिप्य तद्देहं पूरयामास वै पुनः । लिंगं संस्थापयामास तस्योपरि जनार्द्दनः

Transliteration

garte nikṣipya taddehaṃ pūrayāmāsa vai punaḥ | liṃgaṃ saṃsthāpayāmāsa tasyopari janārddanaḥ

Translation

Il jeta ce corps dans une fosse et la combla de nouveau. Puis Janārdana y établit, juste au-dessus, un liṅga de Śiva.

Word by Word

• गर्ते: in a pit
• गर्ते: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गर्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• निक्षिप्य: having thrown/placed
• निक्षिप्य: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √क्षिप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (Gerund), उपसर्ग: नि

• तत्-देहम्: that body / his body
• तत्-देहम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + देह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive relation: 'his body')

• पूरयामास: filled (it)
• पूरयामास: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पूर् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; णिच् (causative) भाव: 'caused to fill'

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha/Emphasis (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (निपात)
• Form: निपात (particle/emphasis)

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Kriya-viseshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• लिङ्गम्: liṅga (Śiva emblem)
• लिङ्गम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• संस्थापयामास: installed / set up
• संस्थापयामास: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्था (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; णिच् (causative) + उपसर्ग: सम्

• तस्य: of it / of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• उपरि: upon / above
• उपरि: Desha-adhikarana (देश-अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उपरि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (prepositional adverb)

• जनार्द्दनः: Janārdana (Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa)
• जनार्द्दनः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनार्द्दन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic voice within Dvārakā Māhātmya; likely Sūta/Skanda framework)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śiva-liṅga established by Janārdana in Dvārakā (name not specified in verse)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Janārdana completes a burial in a pit, earth being filled in; above it he establishes a Śiva-liṅga—simple, dark stone, anointed—while the atmosphere shifts from battle dust to ritual calm.

Characters & Entities

• Janārdana
• Śiva-liṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇa highlights reverence across traditions: Janārdana himself establishes a Śiva-liṅga, teaching unity in devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā Māhātmya frames this as a site-origin moment, implying a sanctified spot connected with a liṅga installation near Dvārakā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Liṅga-pratiṣṭhā (installation of a Śiva-liṅga) is described as an act establishing sacred merit and place-sanctity.