Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

ईश्वर उवाच । पुरा वै लिंगपतने सर्वदेवसमागमे । सार्धत्रितयकोटीनि पुण्यानि सुरसुन्दरि

Transliteration

īśvara uvāca | purā vai liṃgapatane sarvadevasamāgame | sārdhatritayakoṭīni puṇyāni surasundari

Translation

Īśvara dit : Jadis, lors de la chute du liṅga, quand tous les dieux s’étaient assemblés—ô beauté parmi les célestes—trois koṭi et demi de mérites sacrés (tīrtha-puṇya) étaient présents.

Word by Word

• īśvaraḥ: Īśvara (Lord Śiva)
• īśvaraḥ: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (3rd person singular)

• purā: formerly
• purā: Kāla (Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: purā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, कालवाचक (adverb of time: formerly)

• vai: indeed
• vai: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निश्चयार्थक निपात (emphatic particle)

• liṅga-patane: at Liṅgapatana
• liṅga-patane: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga (प्रातिपदिक) + patana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Locative, Singular); समासः लिङ्गस्य पतने (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• sarva-deva-samāgame: at the assembly of all gods
• sarva-deva-samāgame: Adhikaraṇa (Location/Occasion)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + deva (प्रातिपदिक) + samāgama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Locative, Singular); समासः सर्वदेवानां समागमे (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• sārdha-tritaya-koṭīni: three and a half crores
• sārdha-tritaya-koṭīni: Viśeṣaṇa (Quantifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sārdha (अव्यय/पूर्वपद) + tritaya (प्रातिपदिक) + koṭi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Neuter, Nom/Acc, Plural); समासः सार्धं त्रितयकोटिभिः/त्रितयकोटीनि इति संख्यावाचक-तत्पुरुष (about three crores and a half)

• puṇyāni: merits
• puṇyāni: Karma/Prameya (Thing spoken of)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puṇya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Neuter, Nom/Acc, Plural)

• surasundari: O beautiful one among the gods
• surasundari: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: surasundarī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन विभक्ति, एकवचन (Feminine, Vocative, Singular); समासः सुराणां सुन्दरी (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Saṃgāleśvara context)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Surasundarī (a celestial lady; addressed directly)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Īśvara narrates an ancient scene: at the ‘falling of the liṅga’, all gods gather; an immeasurable mass of puṇya—three-and-a-half crores—stands present like a luminous host.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara (Śiva)
• liṅga-patana (falling of the liṅga)
• all gods (sarvadevāḥ)
• Pārvatī (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Certain sacred moments and places become ‘condensed’ with immense puṇya through divine events remembered in Purāṇic tradition.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Saṃgāleśvara region of Prabhāsa, connected to the liṅga-patana event and the gathering of tīrtha-merits.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the verse sets the mythic background for the tīrtha’s greatness.