Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

योऽस्मिन्कुंडे नरः स्नात्वा मल्लिंगं पूजयिष्यति । पौर्णमास्यां विधानेन गन्धपुष्पादिभिः क्रमात्

Transliteration

yo'sminkuṃḍe naraḥ snātvā malliṃgaṃ pūjayiṣyati | paurṇamāsyāṃ vidhānena gandhapuṣpādibhiḥ kramāt

Translation

जो मनुष्य इस कुण्ड में स्नान करके, पौर्णमासी के दिन विधि के अनुसार क्रमशः गन्ध, पुष्प आदि से मेरे लिङ्ग की पूजा करेगा—

Word by Word

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; relative pronoun

• अस्मिन्: in this
• अस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; deictic pronoun

• कुण्डे: in the pond
• कुण्डे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; apposition to यः

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), पूर्वक्रिया; ‘having bathed’

• मल्लिङ्गम्: the liṅga of Mala (name) / Mala-liṅga
• मल्लिङ्गम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मल + लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (मलस्य लिङ्गम्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• पूजयिष्यति: will worship
• पूजयिष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• पौर्णमास्याम्: on the full-moon day
• पौर्णमास्याम्: Adhikarana (Time/काल-अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पौर्णमासी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; time-locative

• विधानेन: by the prescribed procedure
• विधानेन: Karana (Instrument/means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; instrumental of manner/rite

• गन्धपुष्पादिभिः: with perfumes, flowers, and the like
• गन्धपुष्पादिभिः: Karana (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्ध + पुष्प + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समाहार-द्वन्द्व/समुच्चयार्थ (गन्धाः च पुष्पाणि च आदयः), पुंलिङ्ग (आदि-प्राधान्येन) / बहुवचन-प्रयोग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन

• क्रमात्: in due order, sequentially
• क्रमात्: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रिया-विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

Speaker

Śaṅkara (Śiva) (quoted within Īśvara’s narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Brahmakūṇḍa; (Śiva) liṅga worship associated with Brahmeśvara context

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims at dawn/full-moon day: bathing steps of Brahmakūṇḍa, then a decorated liṅga with sandal paste, flowers, incense; priests arranging offerings in a clear sequence under moonlit sky.

Characters & Entities

• Kuṇḍa (sacred pool)
• Śiva-liṅga
• Paurṇamāsī
• Gandha
• Puṣpa
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra
• Brahmakūṇḍa (context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purification (snāna) joined to orderly worship (vidhi) on sacred lunar days is upheld as a direct path to Śiva’s favor.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A specific kuṇḍa (sacred pool) in Prabhāsa-kṣetra, in the Bhairava/Brahmakūṇḍa vicinity.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bathe in the kuṇḍa and worship Śiva’s liṅga on Paurṇamāsī with prescribed offerings like fragrance and flowers, in proper sequence.