Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 36

Devanagari script

इति ते कथितं देवि माहात्म्यं देवपूजितम् । वृषभेश्वरदेवस्य कल्पलिंगस्य भामिनि

Transliteration

iti te kathitaṃ devi māhātmyaṃ devapūjitam | vṛṣabheśvaradevasya kalpaliṃgasya bhāmini

Translation

Ainsi, ô Déesse, t’ai-je exposé la grandeur illustre—vénérée même par les dieux—du Kalpaliṅga du Seigneur Vṛṣabheśvara, ô belle aimée.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Discourse marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• ते: to you / for you
• ते: Sampradāna/Sambandha (Recipient/Relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; enclitic genitive ‘of you/for you’

• कथितम्: told, narrated
• कथितम्: Kriya-sādhya/Predicate
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kathita (कृदन्त; √kath)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; nominative singular neuter

• देवि: O Goddess
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; vocative singular feminine

• माहात्म्यम्: the greatness, sacred glory
• माहात्म्यम्: Karta/Predicate (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; nominative singular neuter

• देवपूजितम्: worshipped by the gods
• देवपूजितम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: deva + pūjita (कृदन्त; √pūj)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; देवैः पूजितम् इति तृतीया-तत्पुरुष; nominative singular neuter

• वृषभेश्वरदेवस्य: of Vṛṣabheśvara-deva
• वृषभेश्वरदेवस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vṛṣabheśvara + deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; वृषभेश्वरः देवः यस्य इति (सम्बन्ध) / नामधारक-तत्पुरुष; genitive singular masculine

• कल्पलिङ्गस्य: of the Kalpa-liṅga
• कल्पलिङ्गस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kalpa + liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कल्पस्य लिङ्गम् इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष; genitive singular neuter

• भामिनि: O lovely lady
• भामिनि: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāminī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; vocative singular feminine

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vṛṣabheśvara Kalpaliṅga (within Prabhāsa-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A concluding praise scene: Śiva (as narrator) affirms to Devī the god-worshipped greatness of Vṛṣabheśvara’s Kalpaliṅga in Prabhāsa; the liṅga radiates like a wish-fulfilling tree, with subtle presence of devas offering flowers.

Characters & Entities

• Vṛṣabheśvara
• Kalpaliṅga
• Devī
• Prabhāsakṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Māhātmya narration itself is framed as sacred—hearing and preserving the shrine’s glory sustains dharma and devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Vṛṣabheśvara’s Kalpaliṅga in Prabhāsakṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new rite is prescribed here; it concludes the praise and frames it as authoritative (deva-pūjita).