Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 125

Devanagari script

प्रतिष्ठाप्य ततो लिंगं श्रीसोमेशं पितामहः । दापयामास विप्रेभ्यो भूरिशो यज्ञदक्षिणाम्

Transliteration

pratiṣṭhāpya tato liṃgaṃ śrīsomeśaṃ pitāmahaḥ | dāpayāmāsa viprebhyo bhūriśo yajñadakṣiṇām

Translation

Puis, après avoir établi le vénérable Liṅga de Śrī Someśa, le Grand-Père (Brahmā) fit remettre aux brāhmaṇa une dakṣiṇā de yajña en abondance.

Word by Word

• pratiṣṭhāpya: having स्थापित/installed
• pratiṣṭhāpya: Purvakala-kriya (Absolutive/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: prati-√sthā (स्था धातु) (णिच्)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययभाव (त्वान्त/ल्यप्); causative sense (प्रति-स्थापयित्वा)

• tataḥ: then/thereafter
• tataḥ: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रमवाचक (thereafter)

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

• śrīsomeśam: Śrī-Someśa
• śrīsomeśam: Karma (Object-apposition/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī (प्रातिपदिक) + someśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; ‘श्रीमान् सोमेशः’ इति कर्मधारय; liṅgam इत्यस्य विशेषण/अप्पोज़िशन

• pitāmahaḥ: Pitāmaha (Brahmā)
• pitāmahaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitāmaha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• dāpayāmāsa: caused (them) to give
• dāpayāmāsa: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (दा धातु) (णिच्)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/परिपूर्णभूत), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative) = ‘caused to give’

• viprebhyaḥ: to the Brahmins
• viprebhyaḥ: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vipra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), बहुवचन

• bhūriśaḥ: the great/lordly one
• bhūriśaḥ: Karta-anvaya (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhūri (प्रातिपदिक) + īśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; ‘भूरिः (बहु) ईशः’ इति कर्मधारय; कर्तृ (pitāmahaḥ) का विशेषण

• yajñadakṣiṇām: the sacrificial fee/gift
• yajñadakṣiṇām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yajña (प्रातिपदिक) + dakṣiṇā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; यज्ञस्य दक्षिणा इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śrī Someśvara/Somnātha at Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage-inquirer audience (ṛṣis/śaunaka-lineage style, as typical)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmā (Pitāmaha), four-faced, performs the installation of the Śrī Someśa liṅga at Prabhāsa; priests and brāhmaṇas receive abundant dakṣiṇā beside a yajña-vedi, with the sea-coast atmosphere implied.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā (Pitāmaha)
• Śrī Someśa
• Liṅga
• Brāhmaṇas
• Yajña-dakṣiṇā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worship is completed by dāna—sharing wealth as dakṣiṇā sustains dharma and sanctifies the rite.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, where establishing Someśa and giving dakṣiṇā are praised as merit-producing acts.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Post-yajña dakṣiṇā: giving abundant sacrificial fees to qualified brāhmaṇas after liṅga installation.