Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

यस्तत्प्रतिष्ठितं लिंगं भारतं पूजयिष्यति । स सर्वयज्ञदानानां फलं प्रापयिता धुवम्

Transliteration

yastatpratiṣṭhitaṃ liṃgaṃ bhārataṃ pūjayiṣyati | sa sarvayajñadānānāṃ phalaṃ prāpayitā dhuvam

Translation

Quiconque vénérera ce liṅga établi—Bharateśvara—obtiendra assurément le fruit entier de tous les sacrifices et de toutes les aumônes.

Word by Word

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

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; ‘that’ (qualifying liṅgam)

• प्रतिष्ठितम्: established
• प्रतिष्ठितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र + स्था (धातु) → प्रतिष्ठित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘established’

• लिङ्गम्: liṅga (Śiva-emblem)
• लिङ्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• भारतं: (called) Bhārata
• भारतं: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भारत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (liṅgam)

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

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सर्वयज्ञदानानाम्: of all sacrifices and gifts
• सर्वयज्ञदानानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + यज्ञ + दान (प्रातिपदिक-त्रय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; समाहार-द्वन्द्वः—यज्ञाः च दानानि च; ‘सर्व’ उपपद-विशेषण

• फलम्: the fruit/result
• फलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• प्रापयिता: will be the giver/causer of obtaining
• प्रापयिता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्र + आप् (धातु) → प्रापयितृ (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; णिच्)
• Form: कर्तृवाचक-तृच्/तृन्-प्रत्ययान्त (agent noun), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘one who causes to obtain’

• ध्रुवम्: certainly
• ध्रुवम्: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ध्रुव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् (क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण); निश्चयार्थे (certainly)

Speaker

Deductive (within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya narration; speaker not explicit in this verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bharateśvara

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devotee worshipping the Bharateśvara liṅga: abhiṣeka with water, bilva leaves, lamps; behind, faint visions of grand yajñas and heaps of dāna symbolically dissolving into the liṅga’s radiance.

Characters & Entities

• Bharateśvara
• Śiva-liṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion expressed through liṅga-pūjā is portrayed as equal to the cumulative merit of many yajñas and dānas.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra—specifically the consecrated Bharateśvara liṅga.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Worship (pūjā) of the established Bharateśvara Śiva-liṅga.