Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

क्षयरोगविनिर्मुक्तस्ततोऽभून्मृगलांछनः । प्रतिष्ठाप्य महालिंगं सुरासुरनमस्कृतम्

Transliteration

kṣayarogavinirmuktastato'bhūnmṛgalāṃchanaḥ | pratiṣṭhāpya mahāliṃgaṃ surāsuranamaskṛtam

Translation

Délivré de la maladie de dépérissement, il fut alors connu sous le nom de Mṛgalāñchana. Puis il établit un grand Liṅga, vénéré par les dieux et les asuras.

Word by Word

• क्षयरोगविनिर्मुक्तः: freed from consumption/disease
• क्षयरोगविनिर्मुक्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्षय + रोग + विनिर्मुक्त (कृदन्त; मुच् धातोः क्त, वि-निर्-उपसर्ग)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (freed from)

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kriya-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रमवाचक (then)

• अभूत्: became
• अभूत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• मृगलाञ्छनः: the one marked with a deer (the Moon)
• मृगलाञ्छनः: Karta (Subject complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृग + लाञ्छन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• प्रतिष्ठाप्य: having installed
• प्रतिष्ठाप्य: Kriya-viśeṣaṇa (Converb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति-स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund): having स्थापित/installed

• महालिङ्गम्: the great liṅga
• महालिङ्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• सुरासुरनमस्कृतम्: revered by gods and demons
• सुरासुरनमस्कृतम्: Karma (Qualifier of object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुर + असुर + नमस्कृत (कृदन्त; नमस्-कृ धातोः क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (worshipped by gods and asuras)

Speaker

Śiva (deduced from immediate section-dialogue context; explicit in next adhyāya opening)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Guptēśvara/Mahāliṅga at Prabhāsa (as implied by narrative)

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis in the Naimiṣa frame; narrative continues toward Devī-address in subsequent verse

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Soma, now radiant and marked as Mṛgalāñchana, installs a majestic liṅga; devas and asuras alike bow in reverence around the sanctified spot.

Characters & Entities

• Guptēśvara Liṅga
• Śiva (implied)
• Devas
• Asuras
• Mṛgalāñchana

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva’s grace transforms suffering into sanctity: healing becomes the ground for consecration and enduring devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, in the Guptēśvara context of Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Liṅga-pratiṣṭhā (the consecration/installation of a Śiva-liṅga).