Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

इदं पद्मं गृहाण त्वं सनालं कलिकोज्ज्वलम् । लिंगस्य मूर्ध्नि दत्त्वेदं पद्मनालमिहानय

Transliteration

idaṃ padmaṃ gṛhāṇa tvaṃ sanālaṃ kalikojjvalam | liṃgasya mūrdhni dattvedaṃ padmanālamihānaya

Translation

Prends ce lotus avec sa tige, éclatant de boutons nouveaux. Dépose-le sur le sommet du Liṅga, puis rapporte ici la tige du lotus.

Word by Word

• idam: this
• idam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (demonstrative pronoun) used adjectivally

• padmam: lotus
• padmam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: padma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• gṛhāṇa: take
• gṛhāṇa: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √grah (ग्रह् धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (युष्मद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/सर्वलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; पुरुषवाचक सर्वनाम

• sanālam: with its stalk
• sanālam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa-nāla (प्रातिपदिक: sa + nāla)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुष (सहित-नालम् = with stalk) used adjectivally

• kalika-ujjvalam: bright with buds
• kalika-ujjvalam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kalikā + ujjvala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/सम्बन्ध (कलिकया उज्ज्वलम् = bright with buds) used adjectivally

• liṅgasya: of the liṅga
• liṅgasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• mūrdhni: on the head/top
• mūrdhni: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mūrdhan (मूर्धन् प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• dattvā: having placed/given
• dattvā: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालिक क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dā (दा धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having given/placing)

• idam: this (it)
• idam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• padma-nālam: the lotus-stalk
• padma-nālam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: padma + nāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (पद्मस्य नालम् = lotus-stalk)

• iha: here
• iha: Desha-adhikarana (Locative sense/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of place)

• ānaya: bring
• ānaya: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √nī (नी धातु) with ā- (उपसर्ग)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; आ-उपसर्ग (bring)

Speaker

Śiva (Devadeva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa liṅga (Somnātha) within Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nandikeśa/Nandin

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva hands (or indicates) a radiant lotus with stalk to Nandin, instructing him to place it atop the Prabhāsa liṅga and return with the lotus-stalk—ritual precision and sacred token emphasized.

Characters & Entities

• Nandin
• Śiva-liṅga
• padma (lotus)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional offering to the Liṅga is a direct, sacred act; even simple ritual objects become vehicles of grace within a powerful kṣetra.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where the Śiva-liṅga and its worship are central to the māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Offering a lotus to the top of the Śiva-liṅga (a specific upacāra within liṅga-pūjā).