Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 20

Devanagari script

फलं कोटिगुणं तस्य गयाश्राद्धसमं भवेत् । तस्माद्विशेषतः पूज्यं मम लिंगं च मानवैः

Transliteration

phalaṃ koṭiguṇaṃ tasya gayāśrāddhasamaṃ bhavet | tasmādviśeṣataḥ pūjyaṃ mama liṃgaṃ ca mānavaiḥ

Translation

…buahnya menjadi koṭi kali lipat, setara dengan śrāddha di Gayā. Karena itu, hendaklah manusia memuja liṅgaku dengan penghormatan khusus.”

Word by Word

• फलम्: fruit; result
• फलम्: कर्ता (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Nom/Acc, Singular)

• कोटिगुणम्: million-fold
• कोटिगुणम्: विशेषण (Qualifier of फलम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कोटि (प्रातिपदिक) + गुण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (Neuter, Nom/Acc, Singular)

• तस्य: of that; his
• तस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी विभक्ति, एकवचन (Genitive, Singular)

• गयाश्राद्धसमम्: equal to the Gayā-śrāddha
• गयाश्राद्धसमम्: विशेषण (Predicate adjective of फलम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गया (प्रातिपदिक) + श्राद्ध (प्रातिपदिक) + सम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (गयायां श्राद्धम् इव/तत्समम्) (Neuter, Nom/Acc, Singular)

• भवेत्: would be; should be
• भवेत्: क्रिया (Predicate verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद (3rd person singular)

• तस्मात्: therefore; from that
• तस्मात्: अपादान (Ablative: therefore/from that reason)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी विभक्ति, एकवचन (Ablative, Singular)

• विशेषतः: especially
• विशेषतः: सम्बन्ध (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विशेषतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: especially)

• पूज्यम्: worthy to be worshipped
• पूज्यम्: विधेय-विशेषण (Predicate adjective of लिङ्गम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूज्य (कृदन्त; √पूज् धातु)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मणि-यत्/ण्यत्-प्रत्ययान्त (gerundive: 'to be worshipped') (Neuter, Nom/Acc, Singular)

• मम: my
• मम: सम्बन्ध (Genitive: my)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी विभक्ति, एकवचन (Genitive, Singular)

• लिङ्गम्: liṅga (Śiva-emblem)
• लिङ्गम्: कर्ता/विषय (Topic/subject: the liṅga)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Nom/Acc, Singular)

• च: and
• च: सम्बन्ध (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• मानवैः: by people; by humans
• मानवैः: करण/कर्ता (Agent in passive sense: by men / by humans)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Masculine, Instrumental, Plural)

Speaker

Aśarīriṇī vāṇī (bodiless voice)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Koṭīśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Humans in general (mānavaiḥ) as direct addressees; Ṛṣis as immediate audience; king as narrative audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Koṭīśvara liṅga is worshiped with special honors; alongside, a symbolic vignette shows Gayā’s piṇḍa-dāna scene as a comparison, with a visual ‘equals’ motif—two scales balanced by divine light.

Characters & Entities

• Gayā
• Gayā-śrāddha
• Śiva-liṅga (Koṭīśvara, implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha’s sanctity can make local rites spiritually equivalent to famed pan-Indian pilgrimage centers like Gayā.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Koṭīśvara-liṅga in Arbuda, whose worship is praised as especially potent.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Special worship of the liṅga is urged; śrāddha performed here is said to match Gayā-śrāddha in merit.