Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

दृष्ट्वा चैव पुनर्लिङ्गं देवदेवस्य शूलिनः । दृष्ट्वा तांश्चैव योगीन्द्रान्परं विस्मयमागतः

Transliteration

dṛṣṭvā caiva punarliṅgaṃ devadevasya śūlinaḥ | dṛṣṭvā tāṃścaiva yogīndrānparaṃ vismayamāgataḥ

Translation

Voyant de nouveau le Liṅga du Seigneur au trident, le Dieu des dieux, et voyant ces yogins éminents, Nandin fut saisi d’un profond émerveillement.

Word by Word

• dṛṣṭvā: having seen
• dṛṣṭvā: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालिक क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dṛś (दृश् धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having seen)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक निपात (conjunction)

• eva: indeed/just
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक निपात (emphatic/only)

• punar: again
• punar: Kala-adhikarana (Temporal adverb/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punar (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरर्थक क्रियाविशेषण (again)

• liṅgam: the liṅga
• liṅgam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• deva-devasya: of the God of gods
• deva-devasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva + deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (देवानां देवः)

• śūlinaḥ: of the trident-bearer (Śiva)
• śūlinaḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śūlin (शूलिन् प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; विशेषण-नाम (the trident-bearer)

• dṛṣṭvā: having seen
• dṛṣṭvā: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालिक क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dṛś (दृश् धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• tān: those
• tān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक निपात

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक निपात

• yogīndrān: the great yogis (lords of yogins)
• yogīndrān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yogīndra (प्रातिपदिक: yogin + indra)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (योगिनाम् इन्द्राः = lords among yogins)

• param: great/supreme
• param: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (agreeing with vismayam)

• vismayam: astonishment
• vismayam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vismaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• āgataḥ: attained/came to
• āgataḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (गम् धातु) with ā- (उपसर्ग) → āgata (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोग (having come to/attained)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic voice within Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Somnātha)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Nandin beholds the Śūlin’s liṅga again; around it stand serene yet powerful yogīndras, their presence radiating siddhi and stillness, producing wonder in the onlooker.

Characters & Entities

• Nandin
• Śiva (Śūlin)
• Śiva-liṅga
• yogīndra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Darśana of the Liṅga and the company of realized yogins naturally awakens reverence and transformative awe.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where the Liṅga is encountered amid accomplished yogins.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit prescription; the emphasis is on darśana (sacred seeing) of the Liṅga and saints.