Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

लिंगप्रतिष्ठाहेतोर्वै क्षेत्रे प्राभासिके शुभे । कोटिब्रह्मर्षिभिः सार्द्धं सहितो विश्वकर्मणा । कारयामास विधिवत्प्रतिष्ठां लिंगमुत्तमम्

Transliteration

liṃgapratiṣṭhāhetorvai kṣetre prābhāsike śubhe | koṭibrahmarṣibhiḥ sārddhaṃ sahito viśvakarmaṇā | kārayāmāsa vidhivatpratiṣṭhāṃ liṃgamuttamam

Translation

Afin d’établir le Liṅga, dans l’auspicieux kṣetra sacré de Prābhāsa, il fit accomplir selon la règle la consécration du Liṅga suprême, avec des crores de brahmarṣis et la présence de Viśvakarman.

Word by Word

• लिङ्गप्रतिष्ठाहेतोः: for the purpose/cause of liṅga-installation
• लिङ्गप्रतिष्ठाहेतोः: Hetu (Cause/Purpose/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग-प्रतिष्ठा- + हेतु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m.), षष्ठी (6th case), एकवचन (singular)

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

• क्षेत्रे: in the sacred field
• क्षेत्रे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (n.), सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन (singular)

• प्राभासिके: of Prabhāsa
• प्राभासिके: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्राभासिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (n.), सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन (singular)

• शुभे: auspicious
• शुभे: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (n.), सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन (singular)

• कोटिब्रह्मर्षिभिः: with crores of brahmarṣis
• कोटिब्रह्मर्षिभिः: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोटि- + ब्रह्मर्षि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m.), तृतीया (3rd case), बहुवचन (plural)

• सार्द्धम्: together with
• सार्द्धम्: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारी)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सार्द्धम् (अव्यय)
• Form: सह-अर्थक-अव्यय (indeclinable of accompaniment: ‘together with’)

• सहितः: accompanied; joined
• सहितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सह (उपसर्ग) + इ (धातु) + क्त (प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (PPP used adjectivally), पुंलिङ्ग (m.), प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन (singular)

• विश्वकर्मणा: with Viśvakarman
• विश्वकर्मणा: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्वकर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m.), तृतीया (3rd case), एकवचन (singular)

• कारयामास: caused to be done; had (it) performed
• कारयामास: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) + णिच् (causative)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular), परस्मैपद; णिजन्त (causative)

• विधिवत्: according to proper rite
• विधिवत्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विधिवत् (अव्यय)
• Form: रीतिवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: ‘according to rule’)

• प्रतिष्ठाम्: installation; consecration
• प्रतिष्ठाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रतिष्ठा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (f.), द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन (singular)

• लिङ्गम्: liṅga
• लिङ्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (n.), द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन (singular)

• उत्तमम्: excellent; supreme
• उत्तमम्: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (n.), द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन (singular)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Prābhāsika-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Varānanā

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A grand consecration in Prabhāsa: the supreme liṅga is installed on a decorated pīṭha; crores of brahmarṣis chant; Viśvakarman oversees architectural perfection; ritual fires blaze in symmetrical altars.

Characters & Entities

• Prabhāsa-kṣetra
• Śiva-liṅga
• Viśvakarman
• Brahmarṣis

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred acts become enduring when done vidhivat (according to dharma) and in a sanctified kṣetra.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, celebrated as the locus for establishing the Somanātha Liṅga.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Liṅga-pratiṣṭhā performed ‘vidhivat’—a formal consecration following scriptural procedure.