Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

संसिद्धिं परमां जग्मुस्तल्लिंगस्य प्रभावतः । तेन भूतेश्वरं नाम प्रख्यातं धरणीतले

Transliteration

saṃsiddhiṃ paramāṃ jagmustalliṃgasya prabhāvataḥ | tena bhūteśvaraṃ nāma prakhyātaṃ dharaṇītale

Translation

Par la puissance de ce liṅga, ils parvinrent à l’accomplissement suprême. Ainsi le nom de Bhūteśvara devint célèbre sur la terre.

Word by Word

• संसिद्धिम्: complete success; accomplishment
• संसिद्धिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संसिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन

• परमाम्: supreme
• परमाम्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (संसिद्धिम्)

• जग्मुः: they attained/went to
• जग्मुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परिपूर्णभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद

• तत्: of that
• तत्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; संकेतक (लिङ्गस्य)

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

• प्रभावतः: due to the power
• प्रभावतः: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (अपादान/हेतु), एकवचन; हेत्वर्थे (because of)

• तेन: therefore; thereby
• तेन: Hetu (Reason/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-एकवचन रूपेण अव्ययीभाववत् प्रयोग (instrumental adverb: therefore/thereby)

• भूतेश्वरम्: Bhūteśvara
• भूतेश्वरम्: Pratipadya (Predicate nominal/नाम)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूतेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म/नाम), एकवचन

• नाम: by name
• नाम: Sambandha (Naming marker/नाम)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (नामनिर्देशक/quotative-like: 'by name')

• प्रख्यातम्: became renowned
• प्रख्यातम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र + ख्या (धातु) → प्रख्यात (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विधेय (became renowned)

• धरणीतले: on the surface of the earth
• धरणीतले: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धरणीतल (प्रातिपदिक) = धरणी + तल
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (धरण्याः तलम्)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bhūteśvara / Bhūtanātheśvara (liṅga) at Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant Śiva-liṅga at Prabhāsa, worshippers receiving ‘paramā saṃsiddhi’; the name Bhūteśvara spreading across Bhārata as sages proclaim its fame.

Characters & Entities

• Liṅga
• Bhūteśvara
• Bhūtas (implied from prior verse)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Contact with a powerful liṅga—through devotion and proximity—leads to saṃsiddhi, and the shrine’s name memorializes that saving power.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Bhūteśvara liṅga shrine in Prabhāsa-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit procedure is stated; the verse emphasizes the liṅga’s inherent prabhāva and the resulting attainment.