Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

ततस्ते पूजयांचक्रुस्तल्लिंगं भक्तिसंयुताः । ततस्तुष्टो महादेवो मुक्तिं तेषां ददौ हरः

Transliteration

tataste pūjayāṃcakrustalliṃgaṃ bhaktisaṃyutāḥ | tatastuṣṭo mahādevo muktiṃ teṣāṃ dadau haraḥ

Translation

Alors, unis à la bhakti, ils rendirent culte à ce liṅga. Satisfait, Mahādeva—Hara—leur accorda la délivrance (mokṣa).

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; कालवाचक-अव्ययम् (then/thereafter)

• te: they
• te: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative/1st), बहुवचनम्; सर्वनाम

• pūjayām: worship
• pūjayām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pūjā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गः, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (Accusative/2nd), एकवचनम्; क्रियाविशेष-उपपद (pūjayāṃ cakruḥ = performed worship)

• cakruḥ: they performed/did
• cakruḥ: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकारः (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd), बहुवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• tat: that
• tat: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (Accusative/2nd), एकवचनम्; विशेषणम्

• liṅgam: liṅga
• liṅgam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (Accusative/2nd), एकवचनम्

• bhakti-saṃyutāḥ: endowed with devotion
• bhakti-saṃyutāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhakti (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃyuta (कृदन्त; √yuj क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative/1st), बहुवचनम्; विशेषणम् (te इति)

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; कालवाचक-अव्ययम्

• tuṣṭaḥ: pleased
• tuṣṭaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tuṣṭa (कृदन्त; √tuṣ क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; क्त-प्रत्ययान्तः (past participle)

• mahādevaḥ: Mahādeva (Śiva)
• mahādevaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahādeva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative/1st), एकवचनम्

• muktim: liberation
• muktim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mukti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गः, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (Accusative/2nd), एकवचनम्

• teṣām: to them/of them
• teṣām: Sampradāna/Adhikāra (Beneficiary/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्तिः (Genitive/6th), बहुवचनम्; सर्वनाम

• dadau: gave
• dadau: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dā (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकारः (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd), एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• haraḥ: Hara (Śiva)
• haraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative/1st), एकवचनम्; महादेवस्य उपनाम

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kapāleśvara-samīpa liṅga (Prabhāsa)

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The consecrated liṅga is worshipped with intense devotion; Śiva, pleased, grants liberation—depicted as a radiant descent of grace over the assembled Pāśupatas.

Characters & Entities

• Mahādeva (Hara)
• Liṅga-pūjā
• Mukti

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional worship (bhakti-yukta liṅga-pūjā) is upheld as a direct cause for Śiva’s grace culminating in liberation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The liṅga established near Kapāleśvara in Prabhāsa Kṣetra, within the Koṭīśvara-related narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Liṅga-pūjā (worship of the liṅga) is explicitly described.