Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

तं दृष्ट्वा मानवो देवि पूजयित्वा विधानतः कलिभिर्मुच्यते जंतुर्द्यूते च विजयी भवेत्

Transliteration

taṃ dṛṣṭvā mānavo devi pūjayitvā vidhānataḥ kalibhirmucyate jaṃturdyūte ca vijayī bhavet

Translation

Ô Déesse, celui qui le voit et l’honore selon le rite prescrit est délivré des afflictions du Kali ; et même au jeu de dés, il devient victorieux.

Word by Word

• तम्: him/that (liṅga)
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त; त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त (absolutive/gerund)

• मानवः: a man; person
• मानवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• देवि: O goddess
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• पूजयित्वा: having worshipped
• पूजयित्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त; त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त (absolutive/gerund)

• विधानतः: according to rule; duly
• विधानतः: Manner (प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विधानतस् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• कलिभिः: from the Kali (evils/afflictions of Kali age)
• कलिभिः: Apadana/Hetu (Cause/source of release)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कलि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन

• मुच्यते: is freed
• मुच्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोग (is released)

• जन्तुः: a creature; person
• जन्तुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्तु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• द्यूते: in gambling; in play
• द्यूते: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्यूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• विजयी: victorious
• विजयी: Predicative complement (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विजयिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; विशेषण

• भवेत्: would become; should be
• भवेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Naleśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim stands before a Śiva-liṅga shrine at Prabhāsa, offering flowers and incense in orderly upacāras; a subtle aura of ‘Kali’ (dark haze) dissolves around him, while auspicious signs of success appear (dice-board motif kept secondary).

Characters & Entities

• Naleśvara
• Kali (Kali Yuga)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Proper worship (vidhi) at a sanctified liṅga grants protection from Kali’s disorders and bestows worldly success as a secondary fruit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Naleśvara liṅga/tīrtha in Prabhāsa Kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Darśana (beholding) and pūjā performed vidhānataḥ—according to prescribed ritual procedure.