Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

अथ हृष्टमना भूत्वा वाक्यमेतदुवाच ह । तत्रागत्य नरो भक्त्या यश्चैनं पूजयिष्यति

Transliteration

atha hṛṣṭamanā bhūtvā vākyametaduvāca ha | tatrāgatya naro bhaktyā yaścainaṃ pūjayiṣyati

Translation

પછી હર્ષિત મન થઈ તેણે આ વચન કહ્યું—જે મનુષ્ય ત્યાં ભક્તિપૂર્વક આવી આ લિંગની પૂજા કરશે…

Word by Word

• atha: then
• atha: Kriya-viseshana (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अनन्तर/मङ्गलार्थ) — Indeclinable particle ‘then/now’

• hṛṣṭa-manāḥ: one whose mind was delighted
• hṛṣṭa-manāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: hṛṣṭa + manas (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन, पुल्लिङ्ग — Nominative, Singular, Masculine; बहुव्रीहि: हृष्टं मनो यस्य सः

• bhūtvā: having become
• bhūtvā: Purvakala (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (पूर्वकाल) — Gerund/absolutive ‘having become’

• vākyam: speech/statement
• vākyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vākya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• etat: this
• etat: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Neuter, Accusative, Singular (demonstrative)

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — Perfect, 3rd person, Singular

• ha: indeed
• ha: Nipata (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात; स्मरण/प्रसिद्ध्यर्थ) — Particle

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक) — Indeclinable adverb of place

• āgatya: having come
• āgatya: Purvakala (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√gam (धातु) + ल्यप् (क्त्वा-समकक्ष)
• Form: ल्यबन्त-अव्यय (पूर्वकाल) — Gerund ‘having come’

• naraḥ: a man
• naraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• bhaktyā: with devotion
• bhaktyā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Singular (relative pronoun)

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय) — Conjunction

• enam: him/this (liṅga)
• enam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक; एनद्-आदेश)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसक, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Accusative, Singular (enclitic pronoun)

• pūjayiṣyati: will worship
• pūjayiṣyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √pūj (धातु) + णिच् (causative)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (भविष्यत्/Future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — Simple future, 3rd person, Singular; causative ‘will cause worship/ will worship’

Speaker

Indra (Śakra) (beginning of a boon/phalāśruti statement; continued in next verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Indreśvara (within Prabhāsa-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrims/seekers addressed indirectly; immediate addressee in narrative is not explicit in this verse fragment

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Indra, delighted, speaks a boon-like assurance: any devotee who comes to the sacred spot and worships the liṅga will gain extraordinary benefit; the liṅga stands as the still center of the scene.

Characters & Entities

• Indra (Śakra)
• Pāpamocana-liṅga (enam)
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra (tatra)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Gratitude turns into proclamation: the purified devotee becomes a witness who invites others to the same saving worship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Prabhāsa-kṣetra site of the Indra-established liṅga (Pāpamocana), introduced as a destination for devoted worship.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Coming to the spot (tatra āgatya) and performing devoted worship (bhaktyā pūjā) of the liṅga.