Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

लिंगं तत्र प्रतिष्ठाप्य तोषयामास शांकरम् । स देवं प्रार्थयामास पुत्रं चैवामितौजसम्

Transliteration

liṃgaṃ tatra pratiṣṭhāpya toṣayāmāsa śāṃkaram | sa devaṃ prārthayāmāsa putraṃ caivāmitaujasam

Translation

वहाँ उसने लिङ्ग की प्रतिष्ठा करके शंकर को प्रसन्न किया; फिर उसने देव से अमित तेजस्वी पुत्र की प्रार्थना की।

Word by Word

• लिङ्गम्: liṅga (Śiva-emblem)
• लिङ्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Deśa-adhikaraṇa (Location adjunct/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण) = locative adverb ‘there’

• प्रतिष्ठाप्य: having installed
• प्रतिष्ठाप्य: Purvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति-√स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्यय; ‘having स्थापित/installed’

• तोषयामास: pleased, satisfied
• तोषयामास: Kriyā (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √तुष् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect) periphrastic, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; causative sense ‘to please’

• शाङ्करम्: Śaṅkara (Śiva)
• शाङ्करम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाङ्कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; शङ्करसम्बन्धी/शिवः

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• देवम्: the god (Śiva)
• देवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• प्रार्थयामास: requested, prayed to
• प्रार्थयामास: Kriyā (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-√अर्थ् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect) periphrastic, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; causative sense ‘to request/pray’

• पुत्रम्: a son
• पुत्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक conjunction)

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: Emphasis (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निश्चय/अवधारण particle)

• अमितौजसम्: of immeasurable vigor
• अमितौजसम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective of कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अमित-ओजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; ‘अमितम् ओजः यस्य’ (as adjective to पुत्रम्)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (liṅga-pratiṣṭhā spot)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Daśaratha installs a Śiva-liṅga at Prabhāsa, performs abhiṣeka and offerings, and prays with folded hands for a radiant son; Śaṅkara’s presence is felt as blessing light.

Characters & Entities

• Śaṅkara (Śiva)
• Liṅga
• Daśaratha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion expressed through consecration (pratiṣṭhā) and worship becomes a dharmic means to obtain divine grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, where the liṅga was installed and Śiva was propitiated.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Liṅga-pratiṣṭhā (establishing/consecrating a liṅga) and worship/propitiation of Śaṅkara.