Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

स्थितं कामप्रदं लिंगं सर्वपातकनाशनम् । पौलोमीश्वरनामाढचं पौलोम्या संप्रतिष्ठितम्

Transliteration

sthitaṃ kāmapradaṃ liṃgaṃ sarvapātakanāśanam | paulomīśvaranāmāḍhacaṃ paulomyā saṃpratiṣṭhitam

Translation

Là se dresse un Liṅga qui exauce les désirs et détruit tous les péchés, renommé sous le nom de Paulomīśvara, dûment établi par Paulomī (Indrāṇī).

Word by Word

• sthitam: situated, established
• sthitam: Kriya (Predicative/State)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √sthā (धातु) + sthita (कृदन्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; predicate/attributive to liṅgam

• kāma-pradam: granting desires
• kāma-pradam: Karta (Qualifier of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kāma (प्रातिपदिक) + prada (प्रातिपदिक; √dā + क)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (कामं प्रददाति); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), एकवचन; qualifying liṅgam

• liṅgam: liṅga
• liṅgam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

• sarva-pātaka-nāśanam: destroyer of all sins
• sarva-pātaka-nāśanam: Karta (Qualifier of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + pātaka (प्रातिपदिक) + nāśana (प्रातिपदिक; √naś + ल्युट्)
• Form: बहुपद-तत्पुरुष-समास; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), एकवचन; qualifying liṅgam

• paulomī-īśvara-nāma-āḍhyam: endowed with the name 'Paulomīśvara'
• paulomī-īśvara-nāma-āḍhyam: Karta (Qualifier of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: paulomī (प्रातिपदिक) + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक) + nāman (प्रातिपदिक) + āḍhya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुपद-तत्पुरुष-समास (पौलोमीश्वर इति नाम्ना आढ्यम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), एकवचन; qualifying liṅgam

• paulomyā: by Paulomī
• paulomyā: Kartr-karana (Agent in passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: paulomī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case), एकवचन; agent-instrumental in passive construction

• saṃpratiṣṭhitam: was स्थापित/installed
• saṃpratiṣṭhitam: Kriya (Predicative/State)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-prati-√sthā (धातु) + pratiṣṭhita (कृदन्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; past passive participle agreeing with liṅgam

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) (contextual continuation)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Paulomīśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Indrāṇī (Paulomī) performs liṅga-pratiṣṭhā: she pours consecration water, places flowers and bilva; devas witness; the liṅga radiates as ‘kāma-prada’ and ‘pātaka-nāśana’.

Characters & Entities

• Paulomī (Indrāṇī)
• Paulomīśvara
• Śiva-liṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva’s presence as a liṅga is both compassionate and purifying—granting boons while burning away sin through devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Paulomīśvara Liṅga in Prabhāsa-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, worship at Paulomīśvara; the verse highlights its fruits (wish-fulfillment and sin-destruction).