Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 72

Devanagari script

सप्तमस्त्वं महावाहो वर्त्तसे सोम सांप्रतम् । एतावन्त्येव लिंगानि प्रतिष्ठां प्रापितानि मे

Transliteration

saptamastvaṃ mahāvāho varttase soma sāṃpratam | etāvantyeva liṃgāni pratiṣṭhāṃ prāpitāni me

Translation

«Ô Soma aux bras puissants, te voici à présent dans ton septième cycle. C’est exactement autant de liṅgas que j’ai établis par la consécration.»

Word by Word

• saptamaḥ: seventh
• saptamaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saptama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्रमवाचक विशेषण

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; प्रथमा, एकवचन

• mahā-vāho: O mighty-armed one
• mahā-vāho: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + vāha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय (महान् वाहः/बाहुः यस्य); पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• vartase: you exist/continue, you are
• vartase: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vṛt (धा॒तु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद; मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन

• soma: O Soma
• soma: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: soma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• sāṃpratam: now, at present
• sāṃpratam: Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sāṃprata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव/अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः (कालवाचक) — at present/now

• etāvanti: so many, this many
• etāvanti: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: etāvat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, बहुवचन; परिमाणवाचक विशेषण

• eva: indeed, only
• eva: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात)

• liṅgāni: liṅgas
• liṅgāni: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• pratiṣṭhām: establishment, consecration
• pratiṣṭhām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pratiṣṭhā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन

• prāpitāni: have been made to attain, have been established
• prāpitāni: Kriya (Predicative/विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√āp (धा॒तु) + ita (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त/इत-प्रत्ययान्त (प्रापित); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, बहुवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगः (have been caused to attain)

• me: by me / of me
• me: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

Speaker

Brahmā (context: addressing Soma/Chandra)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Somnātha)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Soma

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A divine figure addresses Soma: ‘You are now in your seventh (cycle); so many liṅgas have been established by me.’ The scene suggests rows of newly consecrated liṅgas in the Prabhāsa precinct, with Soma’s lunar aura illuminating the consecration ground.

Characters & Entities

• Soma (Candra)
• Śiva-liṅga (liṅga)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Consecrating Śiva-liṅgas is presented as a high dharmic act whose merit is measured and remembered in the sacred narrative.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where liṅga-pratiṣṭhā and tīrtha-glory are central themes.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Liṅga-pratiṣṭhā (consecration/installation of Śiva-liṅgas) is referenced as the key rite.