Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

अस्मिञ्जलाश्रये पुण्ये जलमध्ये महामते । उत्थास्यति महालिंगं तस्य त्वं दर्शनं कुरु

Transliteration

asmiñjalāśraye puṇye jalamadhye mahāmate | utthāsyati mahāliṃgaṃ tasya tvaṃ darśanaṃ kuru

Translation

«Dans ce réservoir d’eau sainte, ô grand d’âme, un grand Liṅga s’élèvera du milieu des eaux ; contemple-le avec révérence».

Word by Word

• अस्मिन्: in this
• अस्मिन्: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• जलाश्रये: in the water-resort; in the watery abode
• जलाश्रये: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jala + āśraya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular); तत्पुरुषः ('जलस्य आश्रयः' = water-resort/place of water)

• पुण्ये: holy; meritorious
• पुण्ये: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: puṇya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषणम् (qualifier of जलाश्रये)

• जलमध्ये: in the middle of the water
• जलमध्ये: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jala + madhya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular); तत्पुरुषः ('जलस्य मध्ये')

• महामते: O great-minded one
• महामते: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā + mati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular); कर्मधारयः ('महती मतिः यस्य')

• उत्थास्यति: will arise; will rise up
• उत्थास्यति: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ut-√sthā (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular); परस्मैपदम्

• महालिंगम्: the great liṅga
• महालिंगम्: Karta (Subject of utthāsyati/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā + liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); कर्मधारयः ('महच्च तत् लिंगम्')

• तस्य: of that; of it
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• दर्शनम्: sight; दर्शन
• दर्शनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: darśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• कुरु: do; perform
• कुरु: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular); परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

A sacred presence of Jalaprabhāsa (māhātmya narrator within the episode)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Jalāśraya-kunda (Prabhāsa episode)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis

Visual Art Cues

Scene: From the center of a lotus-filled reservoir, a colossal stone/golden Mahāliṅga rises, water cascading down its sides; a brāhmaṇa stands at the bank in awe, hands folded; the air brightens as if dawn breaks.

Characters & Entities

• Jalaprabhāsa
• Mahāliṅga (Śiva-liṅga)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divinity reveals itself at sanctified places; faithful darśana at a tīrtha is itself a potent act of dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Jalaprabhāsa water-resort (jalāśraya) in Prabhāsa Kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Darśana (reverent beholding) of the Mahāliṅga that manifests from the waters.