Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

गंधर्वसेना यत्रैव विमलाऽभूत्क्षया न्विता । विमलेश्वरनाम्ना वै तल्लिंगं प्रथितं क्षितौ

Transliteration

gaṃdharvasenā yatraiva vimalā'bhūtkṣayā nvitā | vimaleśvaranāmnā vai talliṃgaṃ prathitaṃ kṣitau

Translation

એ જ સ્થાને ગંધર્વસેના ક્ષયપીડાથી મુક્ત થઈ નિર્મળ બની; તેથી તે લિંગ પૃથ્વી પર ‘વિમલેશ્વર’ નામે પ્રસિદ્ધ છે.

Word by Word

• गन्धर्वसेना: the Gandharva maiden/army (named Gandharvasenā)
• गन्धर्वसेना: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्धर्व + सेना (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; समास: गन्धर्वाणां सेना

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (relative adverb: where)

• एव: indeed; just
• एव: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphatic particle)

• विमला: Vimalā (became pure)
• विमला: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विमला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• अभूत्: became
• अभूत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लुङ्-लकार (Aorist), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• क्षया: by (the removal of) decay; by destruction
• क्षया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• अन्विता: endowed; accompanied
• अन्विता: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्वित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• विमलेश्वरनाम्ना: by the name Vimaleśvara
• विमलेश्वरनाम्ना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विमलेश्वर + नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन; समास: विमलेश्वरस्य नाम (by the name ‘Vimaleśvara’)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चयार्थक/खल्वर्थक (emphatic particle)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; विशेषण

• लिङ्गम्: (Śiva-)liṅga
• लिङ्गम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• प्रथितम्: became renowned; is famed
• प्रथितम्: Kriya (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र + था (धातु) → प्रथित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• क्षितौ: on earth
• क्षितौ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षिति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) (deduced from immediate narrative continuity of Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya; explicit from next adhyāya’s opening)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vimaleśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārvatī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Gandharvasenā, previously weakened by kṣaya, stands purified and radiant beside the liṅga; attendants witness the miracle as the liṅga’s name is proclaimed.

Characters & Entities

• Gandharvasenā
• Vimaleśvara
• Liṅga
• Prabhāsa (context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purity and relief from suffering are obtained through contact with a sanctified Śaiva site and devotion to the Liṅga.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Vimaleśvara Liṅga within Prabhāsa Kṣetra (Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated here; the verse emphasizes the site’s purifying power and the Liṅga’s fame.