Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 115

Devanagari script

लिंगादीशानभागे तु संस्थिता सुरसुन्दरि

Transliteration

liṃgādīśānabhāge tu saṃsthitā surasundari

Translation

Ô beauté céleste, elle se tient là, du côté d’Īśāna (nord-est) du Liṅga.

Word by Word

• लिङ्गात्: from the liṅga
• लिङ्गात्: Apadana (Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन

• ईशानभागे: in the northeastern part
• ईशानभागे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईशान + भाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; समासः—ईशानः भागः (कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-प्राय)

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• संस्थिता: is situated; stands
• संस्थिता: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + स्था (धातु) + क्त (कृत्प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-कृदन्त (past passive participle) ‘संस्थित’; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विधेय (predicate)

• सुरसुन्दरि: O beautiful celestial lady
• सुरसुन्दरि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर + सुन्दरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन; समासः—सुरा इव सुन्दरी / सुरेषु सुन्दरी (कर्मधारय)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa Māhātmya narration style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa (liṅga precinct)

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Surasundarī (celestial maiden)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A liṅga in the sanctum with a clearly indicated northeast corner where a radiant feminine presence (devī/kalā) stands or is enshrined; a celestial maiden is addressed by the narrator.

Characters & Entities

• Liṅga
• Īśāna (northeast)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred space is mapped with directional sanctity; divinities are understood as present in specific quarters around the liṅga.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, describing the divine presence in relation to a Śiva-liṅga there.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription; it gives a directional/locational instruction about where the deity is situated.