Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

अंबिका च स्थिता देवी प्रद्युम्नः सांब एव च । लिंगाकारे पर्वते तु तत्र तीर्थानि कोटिशः

Transliteration

aṃbikā ca sthitā devī pradyumnaḥ sāṃba eva ca | liṃgākāre parvate tu tatra tīrthāni koṭiśaḥ

Translation

Là demeure la Déesse Ambikā, et Pradyumna, ainsi que Sāmba. Sur cette montagne en forme de liṅga se trouvent des tīrthas par crores.

Word by Word

• अम्बिका: Ambikā
• अम्बिका: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अम्बिका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक निपात (conjunction)

• स्थिता: is situated/stands
• स्थिता: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (PPP), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘standing/abiding’

• देवी: the goddess
• देवी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; अम्बिकाया अप्पोजिशन

• प्रद्युम्नः: Pradyumna
• प्रद्युम्नः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रद्युम्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• साम्बः: Sāmba
• साम्बः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: साम्ब (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• एव: indeed/also
• एव: Emphasis (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक निपात (conjunction)

• लिङ्गाकारे: in/at the liṅga-shaped
• लिङ्गाकारे: Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लिङ्ग + आकार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; समासः—लिङ्गस्य आकारः (लिङ्गाकार)

• पर्वते: on the mountain
• पर्वते: Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन

• तु: and/but
• तु: Sambandha/Contrast (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (contrastive particle)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (locative adverb)

• तीर्थानि: tīrthas
• तीर्थानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन

• कोटिशः: in crores; countless
• कोटिशः: Saṅkhyā/Parimāṇa (Quantifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कोटि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: शस्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (measure/distributive): ‘in crores’

Speaker

Śiva (continuing the tīrtha-description to Pārvatī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Liṅgākāra-parvata tīrtha-koṭi (Vastrāpatha)

Type: peak

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A towering mountain whose silhouette resembles a liṅga; on terraces stand shrines: Ambikā in a red-hued sanctum, Pradyumna and Sāmba in royal Yādava iconography; countless small tīrtha pools and springs dot the slopes like jewels.

Characters & Entities

• Ambikā
• Pradyumna
• Sāmba
• Liṅgākāra Parvata (liṅga-shaped mountain)
• Tīrthas (countless)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A kṣetra becomes supremely sacred when divine presences—Devī and revered deities—abide there, making the land rich with innumerable tīrthas.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The liṅgākāra (liṅga-formed) mountain within Vastrāpatha Kṣetra of Prabhāsa, said to contain countless tīrthas.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription is stated; the emphasis is on pilgrimage-value and the density of tīrthas at the site.