Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 56

Devanagari script

मया च तपसोग्रेण प्राप्तं लिंगमुमापतेः । तत्प्रतिष्ठाविधिं सर्वं तद्भवान्कर्त्तुमर्हति

Transliteration

mayā ca tapasogreṇa prāptaṃ liṃgamumāpateḥ | tatpratiṣṭhāvidhiṃ sarvaṃ tadbhavānkarttumarhati

Translation

Et par une austérité ardente, j’ai obtenu le Liṅga d’Umāpati (Śiva). Tout le rite de son établissement (sa consécration), daigne l’accomplir en entier.

Word by Word

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (अस्मद्-सर्वनाम)
• Form: सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd/instrumental), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha-bodhaka (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय (conjunction)

• tapasaḥ: of austerity
• tapasaḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tapas (तपस्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/genitive), एकवचन

• agreṇa: by the intensity/foremost (power)
• agreṇa: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: agra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/instrumental), एकवचन; ‘tapasaḥ agreṇa’ = ‘by the foremost (power) of austerity’

• prāptam: obtained, attained
• prāptam: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Predicate participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √āp (आप्) with pra- → prāpta (क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; agrees with ‘liṅgam’

• liṅgam: liṅga (emblem)
• liṅgam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• umāpateḥ: of Umāpati (Śiva)
• umāpateḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: umāpati (प्रातिपदिक: umā + pati)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: umā-pati = ‘husband of Umā’

• tat: that
• tat: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tat (तद्-सर्वनाम)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; refers to the liṅga/its rite

• pratiṣṭhā: installation
• pratiṣṭhā: Sambandha (Relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pratiṣṭhā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासाङ्ग (first member)

• vidhim: procedure, rule
• vidhim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vidhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: pratiṣṭhā-vidhi = ‘procedure of installation’

• sarvam: entire, all
• sarvam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण to ‘vidhim’

• tat: that/therefore
• tat: Sambandha (Correlative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tat (तद्-सर्वनाम)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; in ‘tad-bhavān’ correlation

• bhavān: you (honored)
• bhavān: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhavat (भवत्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम-शब्द (honorific), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• kartum: to do
• kartum: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (कृ)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (infinitive)

• arhati: is fit/ought
• arhati: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √arh (अर्ह्)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

Speaker

Candra (Soma)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Somēśvara at Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The devotee presents or gestures toward a newly obtained Śiva-liṅga, explaining it was gained by fierce austerity, and requests Brahmā to conduct the full consecration procedure.

Characters & Entities

• Umāpati (Śiva)
• liṅga
• pratiṣṭhā-vidhi
• tapas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Spiritual attainments gained through tapas should be dedicated through proper consecration, aligning power with dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, the implied location for establishing the liṅga connected with Someshvara.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Liṅga-pratiṣṭhā (consecration/establishment) and the request that an authorized figure conduct the full vidhi.