Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

सर्वतीर्थाभिषेकस्य सर्वेषां दानकर्मणाम् । भविष्यति फलं तस्य लिंगस्यैवास्य पूजनात्

Transliteration

sarvatīrthābhiṣekasya sarveṣāṃ dānakarmaṇām | bhaviṣyati phalaṃ tasya liṃgasyaivāsya pūjanāt

Translation

En vénérant ce Liṅga même, on obtient le fruit qui naîtrait des ablutions rituelles en tous les tīrtha sacrés et de toute forme de don charitable.

Word by Word

• सर्वतीर्थाभिषेकस्य: of bathing/ablution at all tīrthas
• सर्वतीर्थाभिषेकस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + तीर्थ + अभिषेक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (सर्वेषां तीर्थानाम् अभिषेकः); पुल्लिङ्ग; षष्ठी; एकवचन

• सर्वेषाम्: of all
• सर्वेषाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: विशेषण; पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसक; षष्ठी; बहुवचन

• दानकर्मणाम्: of acts of giving (charity)
• दानकर्मणाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दान + कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (दानस्य कर्माणि); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; षष्ठी; बहुवचन

• भविष्यति: will be
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• फलम्: the fruit/result
• फलम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन

• तस्य: for him/of him
• तस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसक; षष्ठी; एकवचन

• लिङ्गस्य: of the liṅga
• लिङ्गस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; षष्ठी; एकवचन

• एव: only, indeed
• एव: Sambandha/Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-निपात (emphatic particle)

• अस्य: of this
• अस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसक; षष्ठी; एकवचन

• पूजनात्: from/by worship
• पूजनात्: Apadana (Source/Cause/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूजन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी (Ablative); एकवचन

Speaker

Narrative context (speaker not explicit in this verse; within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya discourse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa (liṅga worship focus)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The liṅga is shown as a cosmic axis with streams of sacred waters symbolically pouring from many tīrthas into one abhiṣeka; donors offer gifts, yet the focal act is simple worship at the shrine.

Characters & Entities

• Liṅga (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Single-point devotion—Liṅga-pūjā at a great kṣetra—can equal vast accumulations of merit from many separate rites.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, with emphasis on the worship of the (Pṛthivīśvara) Śiva Liṅga.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pūjā (worship) of the Liṅga, presented as equivalent in fruit to tīrtha-abhisheka (sacred bathing/ablution) and dāna (charitable giving).