Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

त्वया प्रतिष्ठितं लिंगमस्मात्स्थानाच्च पश्चिमे । उमानाथस्य विधिवत्सोमनाथेति तत्स्मृतम्

Transliteration

tvayā pratiṣṭhitaṃ liṃgamasmātsthānācca paścime | umānāthasya vidhivatsomanātheti tatsmṛtam

Translation

Le liṅga que tu as établi, à l’ouest de ce lieu, fut consacré selon le rite pour Umānātha (Śiva, Seigneur d’Umā) ; c’est pourquoi on s’en souvient sous le nom de « Somanātha ».

Word by Word

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana (Agent-in-instrumental)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, तृतीया विभक्ति, एकवचन

• प्रतिष्ठितम्: established
• प्रतिष्ठितम्: Karma (Object described)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-स्था (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘लिङ्गम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• लिङ्गम्: liṅga (emblem)
• लिङ्गम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अस्मात्: from this
• अस्मात्: Apadana (Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्गे/पुंलिङ्गे, पञ्चमी विभक्ति, एकवचन

• स्थानात्: place
• स्थानात्: Apadana (Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चयार्थक (conjunction)

• पश्चिमे: to the west/in the western side
• पश्चिमे: Adhikarana (Location)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पश्चिम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; दिग्वाचक विशेषणम् (qualifying implied देशे)

• उमानाथस्य: of Umānātha (Śiva)
• उमानाथस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उमा + नाथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: उमायाः नाथः), पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी विभक्ति, एकवचन

• विधिवत्: duly
• विधिवत्: Visheshana (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विधिवत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रकारवाचक (according to rite)

• सोमनाथ: Somanātha
• सोमनाथ: Samjna (Name)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम + नाथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: सोमस्य नाथः), पुंलिङ्ग; (इति-शब्दरूपेण नाम)

• इति: thus
• इति: Samjna-marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, नामनिर्देशार्थक (quotative)

• तत्: that (liṅga)
• तत्: Karta (Subject reference)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘लिङ्गम्’ इत्यस्य पुनर्निर्देशः

• स्मृतम्: is remembered/called
• स्मृतम्: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्मृ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; विधेय (predicate)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) (deduced from continuing address to Kubera and site-etymology)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Somanātha (Umānātha) in Prabhāsakṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: (Contextual) a sage/interlocutor in Prabhāsa-māhātmya (often Nārada/others depending on recension)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A consecration scene: Kubera (or the establishing devotee) stands before a newly installed liṅga to the west of the sacred precinct; priests perform abhiṣeka; the sea-breeze of Prabhāsa and temple banners frame the moment; Umā and Maheśvara’s presence is implied through iconographic aura.

Characters & Entities

• Somanātha
• Śiva (Umānātha)
• Kubera
• Prabhāsakṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Consecration performed according to dharma (vidhi) anchors divine presence in place, making geography itself a vessel of remembrance (smṛti).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Somanātha (Somnāth) in the Prabhāsakṣetra region, described as west of Kuberanagara.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Liṅga-pratiṣṭhā performed vidhivat (according to proper consecration rules).