Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

योऽस्मिन्कुंडे नरः स्नात्वा मल्लिंगं पूजयिष्यति । पौर्णमास्यां विधानेन गन्धपुष्पादिभिः क्रमात्

Transliteration

yo'sminkuṃḍe naraḥ snātvā malliṃgaṃ pūjayiṣyati | paurṇamāsyāṃ vidhānena gandhapuṣpādibhiḥ kramāt

Translation

Quiconque, après s’être baigné dans ce bassin, vénérera mon liṅga au jour de pleine lune selon le rite prescrit—pas à pas avec parfums, fleurs et offrandes semblables—

Word by Word

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; relative pronoun

• अस्मिन्: in this
• अस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; deictic pronoun

• कुण्डे: in the pond
• कुण्डे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; apposition to यः

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), पूर्वक्रिया; ‘having bathed’

• मल्लिङ्गम्: the liṅga of Mala (name) / Mala-liṅga
• मल्लिङ्गम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मल + लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (मलस्य लिङ्गम्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• पूजयिष्यति: will worship
• पूजयिष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• पौर्णमास्याम्: on the full-moon day
• पौर्णमास्याम्: Adhikarana (Time/काल-अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पौर्णमासी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; time-locative

• विधानेन: by the prescribed procedure
• विधानेन: Karana (Instrument/means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; instrumental of manner/rite

• गन्धपुष्पादिभिः: with perfumes, flowers, and the like
• गन्धपुष्पादिभिः: Karana (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्ध + पुष्प + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समाहार-द्वन्द्व/समुच्चयार्थ (गन्धाः च पुष्पाणि च आदयः), पुंलिङ्ग (आदि-प्राधान्येन) / बहुवचन-प्रयोग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन

• क्रमात्: in due order, sequentially
• क्रमात्: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रिया-विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

Speaker

Śaṅkara (Śiva) (quoted within Īśvara’s narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Brahmakūṇḍa; (Śiva) liṅga worship associated with Brahmeśvara context

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims at dawn/full-moon day: bathing steps of Brahmakūṇḍa, then a decorated liṅga with sandal paste, flowers, incense; priests arranging offerings in a clear sequence under moonlit sky.

Characters & Entities

• Kuṇḍa (sacred pool)
• Śiva-liṅga
• Paurṇamāsī
• Gandha
• Puṣpa
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra
• Brahmakūṇḍa (context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purification (snāna) joined to orderly worship (vidhi) on sacred lunar days is upheld as a direct path to Śiva’s favor.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A specific kuṇḍa (sacred pool) in Prabhāsa-kṣetra, in the Bhairava/Brahmakūṇḍa vicinity.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bathe in the kuṇḍa and worship Śiva’s liṅga on Paurṇamāsī with prescribed offerings like fragrance and flowers, in proper sequence.