Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 110

Devanagari script

आदिकल्पे महर्षीणां शापेन पतितं मम । लिंगं सागरमध्ये तु तत्त्वं शीघ्रं समानय

Transliteration

ādikalpe maharṣīṇāṃ śāpena patitaṃ mama | liṃgaṃ sāgaramadhye tu tattvaṃ śīghraṃ samānaya

Translation

Au premier âge, sous la malédiction des grands Ṛṣi, Mon Liṅga tomba au milieu de l’océan. Fais remonter promptement cette réalité sacrée.

Word by Word

• आदि-कल्पे: in the primordial aeon
• आदि-कल्पे: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदि (प्रातिपदिक) + कल्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (‘आदौ कल्पे’/‘आदिकल्पे’); English: Masculine locative singular; Tatpurusha

• महर्षीणाम्: of the great sages
• महर्षीणाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महर्षि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी विभक्ति, बहुवचन; English: Masculine genitive plural

• शापेन: by (their) curse
• शापेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; English: Masculine instrumental singular

• पतितम्: fallen
• पतितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पतित (कृदन्त, √पत् (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि; English: Neuter Nom/Acc sg; fallen

• मम: my
• मम: Shashthi-sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी विभक्ति, एकवचन; English: Genitive singular

• लिङ्गम्: the liṅga
• लिङ्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; (आज्ञार्थे कर्मरूपेण); English: Neuter acc./nom. singular

• सागर-मध्ये: in the ocean’s midst
• सागर-मध्ये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सागर (प्रातिपदिक) + मध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (‘सागरस्य मध्ये’); English: Neuter locative singular

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha-bodhaka (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle); English: particle

• तत्त्वम्: the reality / true state
• तत्त्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तत्त्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; English: Neuter accusative singular

• शीघ्रम्: quickly
• शीघ्रम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शीघ्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण अव्ययीभूत-नपुंसक एकवचन (adverbial accusative); English: adverb ‘quickly’

• समानय: bring (here)
• समानय: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + √नी (धातु, ‘to bring’)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (आज्ञार्थ), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; English: Imperative, 2nd person singular, active

Speaker

Śiva (Maheśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Somnātha)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A divine command scene: the Lord indicates that His liṅga, fallen due to ṛṣi-śāpa in the primordial age, lies in the ocean’s midst; attendants prepare to retrieve it from the waves under a charged sky.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Mahārṣis
• Śiva-liṅga
• Ocean (sāgara)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even when sacred power is obscured by curse or fate, divine will provides a dharmic means of restoration.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra and its ocean-linked Śiva-liṅga tradition.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

An instruction to retrieve the liṅga; the formal consecration details follow in subsequent verses.