Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

दशलक्षाणि तीर्थानां तत्र तिष्ठंति भामिनि । लिंगत्रयं तथा मध्ये सर्वपातकनाशनम्

Transliteration

daśalakṣāṇi tīrthānāṃ tatra tiṣṭhaṃti bhāmini | liṃgatrayaṃ tathā madhye sarvapātakanāśanam

Translation

Ô belle dame, dix millions de tīrthas demeurent en ce lieu. Et au milieu se tient la triade de liṅgas, qui détruit pareillement tous les péchés.

Word by Word

• दशलक्षाणि: ten lakhs (one million)
• दशलक्षाणि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दश + लक्ष (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; द्विगु-समास (दश लक्षाणि)

• तीर्थानाम्: of sacred fords/pilgrimage places
• तीर्थानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (स्थानवाचक)

• तिष्ठन्ति: stand/are present
• तिष्ठन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्था (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन, परस्मैपद

• भामिनि: O lovely lady
• भामिनि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भामिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन

• लिङ्गत्रयम्: the triad of liṅgas
• लिङ्गत्रयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग + त्रय (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (त्रीणि लिङ्गानि = triad of liṅgas)

• तथा: also, likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/तुल्यतावाचक; ‘also/likewise’)

• मध्ये: in the middle
• मध्ये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• सर्वपातकनाशनम्: destroyer of all sins
• सर्वपातकनाशनम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + पातक + नाशन (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (सर्वेषां पातकानां नाशनम्)

Speaker

Deductive (Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya narrator addressing Bhāminī/Devī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (liṅga-traya at the center)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A vast sacred landscape of Prabhāsa is envisioned as containing countless invisible tīrthas; at the center stands the liṅga-traya in a radiant sanctum, with pilgrims circumambulating as a cosmic aura suggests universal purification.

Characters & Entities

• Tīrthas (ten million)
• Liṅgatraya (three liṅgas)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A supreme kṣetra concentrates countless sacred powers; approaching its central liṅgas is portrayed as a total purifier.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra as a tīrtha-aggregate, especially the central liṅgatraya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific act is commanded here; the verse emphasizes the sin-destroying potency of the liṅgatraya and the vast tīrtha-presence.