Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

षष्टिकोटि सहस्राणि ऋषीणामूर्द्ध्वरेतसाम् । तस्मिंल्लिंगे प्रविष्टानि ते घृताहुतिरिवानले

Transliteration

ṣaṣṭikoṭi sahasrāṇi ṛṣīṇāmūrddhvaretasām | tasmiṃlliṃge praviṣṭāni te ghṛtāhutirivānale

Translation

Soixante crores de milliers de ṛṣi—maîtres du souffle vital qui s’élève—entrèrent dans ce Liṅga, tels des libations de ghee versées dans le feu.

Word by Word

• षष्टि: sixty
• षष्टि: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षष्टि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् संख्या; कोटि इति विशेषण (numeral)

• कोटि: crore (ten million)
• कोटि: Viśeṣya (Head of numeral phrase)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोटि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; संख्या-परिमाणवाचक

• सहस्राणि: thousands
• सहस्राणि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• ऋषीणाम्: of sages
• ऋषीणाम्: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), बहुवचन

• ऊर्ध्वरेतसाम्: of those with upward-retained semen (celibate)
• ऊर्ध्वरेतसाम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ऊर्ध्व + रेतस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (to ऋषीणाम्)

• तस्मिन्: in that
• तस्मिन्: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन

• लिङ्गे: in the liṅga
• लिङ्गे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• प्रविष्टानि: entered
• प्रविष्टानि: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + विश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (Past Passive Participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सहस्राणि इति विशेष्येण सह

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• घृताहुतिः: ghee-offering (oblation of ghee)
• घृताहुतिः: Upamāna (Standard of comparison)
• Type: Noun
• Root: घृत + आहुति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; उपमा-उपमेयभावे

• इव: like/as
• इव: Upamā (Comparison marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमा-अव्यय (comparative particle)

• अनले: in fire
• अनले: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Someśvara liṅga (Somnātha) at Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A vast procession of radiant, ascetic sages with matted hair and luminous tapas enters the Someśvara liṅga, dissolving like streams of clarified butter into a blazing sacrificial fire; the scene is both cosmic and silent.

Characters & Entities

• Ṛṣis
• Liṅga
• Fire (anala)
• Ūrdhvaretas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Liṅga is depicted as a supreme spiritual reality into which even perfected sages are drawn, emphasizing its transcendent potency.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra’s Someśvara/Somnātha Liṅga (context of ‘that Liṅga’).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a narrative marvel illustrating the Liṅga’s spiritual magnetism.