Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

मनोऽभीष्टं तथा सर्वं यद्यपि स्यात्सदुर्ल्लभम् । तत्प्राप्स्यंति न संदेहो लिंगस्यास्य प्रसादतः

Transliteration

mano'bhīṣṭaṃ tathā sarvaṃ yadyapi syātsadurllabham | tatprāpsyaṃti na saṃdeho liṃgasyāsya prasādataḥ

Translation

Tout ce que le cœur désire—fût-ce d’un accès extrêmement difficile—sera obtenu sans aucun doute, par la grâce de ce Liṅga.

Word by Word

• मनः: mind
• मनः: Sambandha (Compound member)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन — समासपूर्वपद

• अभीष्टम्: the desired (thing)
• अभीष्टम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभीष्ट (कृदन्त, √इष् with अभि)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन — ‘desired thing’

• तथा: also; likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/प्रकार) — ‘and also; likewise’

• सर्वम्: everything
• सर्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन — ‘everything’

• यद्यपि: even if; although
• यद्यपि: Sambandha (Concessive conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय) + अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययसमूह (शर्त/अपवाद) — ‘even if/although’

• स्यात्: may be
• स्यात्: Kriya (Subordinate action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — ‘may be/should be’

• सुदुर्लभम्: very hard to obtain
• सुदुर्लभम्: Visheshana (Qualifier of sarvam/abhīṣṭam)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + दुर्लभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन — विशेषण; ‘very difficult to obtain’

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — ‘that’ (referring to the desired thing)

• प्राप्स्यन्ति: will obtain
• प्राप्स्यन्ति: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √आप् (धातु) + प्र (उपसर्ग)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्काल/Future), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद — ‘will obtain’

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निषेध) — ‘not/no’

• संदेहः: doubt
• संदेहः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संदेह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — कर्तृ/वाक्यविषय; ‘doubt’

• लिङ्गस्य: of the liṅga
• लिङ्गस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन — सम्बन्ध (genitive)

• अस्य: of this
• अस्य: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन — ‘लिङ्गस्य’ इत्यस्य विशेषण; ‘of this’

• प्रसादतः: from the grace (of)
• प्रसादतः: Apadana/Hetu (Source/Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन — अपादान; ‘due to/from the grace’

Speaker

Rati (implied by immediate narrative context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāmeśvara-liṅga (Prabhāsa)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee silently forms a saṅkalpa before the liṅga; the liṅga’s aura expands, symbolizing the removal of ‘durlabha’ obstacles and the certainty of attainment through grace.

Characters & Entities

• Liṅga
• Kāmeśvara (contextual)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine grace (prasāda) can make even the seemingly impossible attainable when devotion is sincere.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, via the proclaimed grace of the Kāmeśvara Liṅga.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new rite is added; it emphasizes the assured fruit (phala) arising from this Liṅga’s prasāda, implying continued worship.