Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

अथोत्थाय समायातो ह्यत्राहं मुनिपुंगवाः । अपश्यं लिंगमेतत्तु पूजितं कुसुमैः शुभैः

Transliteration

athotthāya samāyāto hyatrāhaṃ munipuṃgavāḥ | apaśyaṃ liṃgametattu pūjitaṃ kusumaiḥ śubhaiḥ

Translation

Alors je me levai et vins ici, ô le plus éminent des sages. Je vis ce liṅga même, honoré par un culte de fleurs de bon augure.

Word by Word

• atha: then
• atha: Sambandha (Discourse connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अनन्तरार्थक/sequence particle)

• utthāya: having risen
• utthāya: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ud-√sthā (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), पूर्वकालिक (having risen)

• samāyātaḥ: arrived
• samāyātaḥ: Karta (Predicate participle to aham/विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ā-√yā (धातु) + क्त
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त (having come/arrived)

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात/emphasis)

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (स्थानवाचक)

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• munipuṃgavāḥ: O best of sages
• munipuṃgavāḥ: Sambodhana/Address (Vocative sense though form is nominative plural)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक) + puṃgava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; कर्मधारय/षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषार्थे ‘मुनिषु पुंगवाः’ (best among sages)

• apaśyam: I saw
• apaśyam: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dṛś (धातु) (लङ् रूप: apaśyam)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past/लङ्), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person/उत्तमपुरुष), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• liṅgam: liṅga (Śiva-emblem)
• liṅgam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• etat: this
• etat: Karma (Qualifier of object/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; विशेषण (to liṅgam)

• tu: but; indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात; contrast/emphasis)

• pūjitam: worshipped
• pūjitam: Karma (Qualifier of object/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pūjita (कृदन्त; √pūj (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त, विशेषण (to liṅgam)

• kusumaiḥ: with flowers
• kusumaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kusuma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन

• śubhaiḥ: auspicious; beautiful
• śubhaiḥ: Karana (Qualifier of instrument/करणविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śubha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन; विशेषण (to kusumaiḥ)

Speaker

Unspecified narrator (a devotee/pilgrim speaking to sages), within Sūta’s Prabhāsa narrative frame

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rudreśvara (Vṛddha-liṅga) at Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: munipuṅgava-s (foremost sages)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim-narrator arrives at Prabhāsa and beholds an ancient liṅga freshly adorned with auspicious flowers, the shrine atmosphere saturated with devotion and fragrance.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva-liṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

In tīrthas, visible signs of worship reveal the living presence of dharma and inspire devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The liṅga-shrine in Prabhāsa-kṣetra, identified subsequently as Rudreśvara.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Liṅga-pūjā with flowers—an auspicious and meritorious offering in Śaiva worship.