Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

तदा सिद्धगणाः सर्वे समाराध्य वृषध्वजम् । स्थापयांचक्रिरे लिंगं सर्वसिद्धिप्रदायकम्

Transliteration

tadā siddhagaṇāḥ sarve samārādhya vṛṣadhvajam | sthāpayāṃcakrire liṃgaṃ sarvasiddhipradāyakam

Translation

Alors toutes les cohortes de Siddha, après avoir adoré le Seigneur au drapeau du Taureau (Śiva), établirent le liṅga, dispensateur de toutes les perfections spirituelles.

Word by Word

• तदा: then
• तदा: सम्बन्ध (काल-सम्बन्ध/Temporal link)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb): “then”

• सिद्धगणाः: the hosts of Siddhas
• सिद्धगणाः: कर्ता (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्ध + गण (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Nominative plural); तत्पुरुषः: “सिद्धानां गणाः”

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: विशेषण (Qualifier of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (agreeing with सिद्धगणाः)

• समाराध्य: having worshipped
• समाराध्य: क्रियाविशेषण (पूर्वक्रिया/Adverbial participle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् + आ + राध् (धातु) → समाराध्य (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय, अव्ययभाव)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund): “having worshipped/propitiated”

• वृषध्वजम्: Śiva (bull-bannered)
• वृषध्वजम्: कर्म (Object of worship)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृष + ध्वज (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Accusative singular); बहुव्रीहिः: “वृषः ध्वजः यस्य सः” (one whose banner is the bull) = Śiva

• स्थापयाम्: (they) caused to be established
• स्थापयाम्: क्रियापद-पूर्वाङ्ग (Part of periphrastic perfect)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु) → स्थापय (णिच्) + आम्
• Form: लिट्-लकार (परस्मैपद, periphrastic perfect/लिट्-परस्मैपद), उत्तमपुरुष?; actually with चक्रिरे forms periphrastic perfect: स्थापयाम् = कृदन्त-आमन्त (periphrastic perfect base) used with कृ; अव्ययवत्-पूर्वाङ्ग

• चक्रिरे: they did / they performed
• चक्रिरे: क्रिया (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन (3rd person plural): “they did/made” (auxiliary in periphrastic perfect)

• लिङ्गम्: the liṅga
• लिङ्गम्: कर्म (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Accusative singular)

• सर्वसिद्धिप्रदायकम्: granting all accomplishments
• सर्वसिद्धिप्रदायकम्: विशेषण (Qualifier of object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + सिद्धि + प्रदायक (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (agreeing with लिङ्गम्); तत्पुरुषः: “सर्वाः सिद्धयः प्रददाति”

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara) (continuing instruction)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Saṃgāleśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Siddha-gaṇas encircle the liṅga, offering incense and flowers; above, Śiva as Vṛṣadhvaja is suggested by a banner with a bull emblem; the liṅga emits rays symbolizing ‘sarva-siddhi’.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (Vṛṣadhvaja)
• Siddhagaṇas
• Śivaliṅga
• Saṃgāleśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion and proper worship culminate in divine empowerment; the kṣetra’s liṅga is framed as a source of siddhi and grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Saṃgāleśvara liṅga in Prabhāsakṣetra, installed by siddhagaṇas.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Samārādhana (formal worship) and liṅga-sthāpanā (installation) are indicated.