Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 40

Devanagari script

अद्यप्रभृति रुद्रस्य लिंगं संपूज्य भक्तितः । भविष्यामो न संदेहस्तथा पितृगणाश्च ये

Transliteration

adyaprabhṛti rudrasya liṃgaṃ saṃpūjya bhaktitaḥ | bhaviṣyāmo na saṃdehastathā pitṛgaṇāśca ye

Translation

「今日より後、ルドラ（Rudra）のリンガを信愛もって供養するなら、我らは必ず栄える—疑いはない。祖霊ピトリ（pitṛs）の群れもまた同様である。」

Word by Word

• adya: today
• adya: Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: adya (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (today/now)

• prabhṛti: from (this time) onward
• prabhṛti: Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: prabhṛti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; आरम्भवाचक (from/beginning with)

• rudrasya: of Rudra
• rudrasya: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rudra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Genitive, Singular)

• liṅgam: the liṅga
• liṅgam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular)

• saṃpūjya: having worshipped
• saṃpūjya: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sam-√pūj (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund); ‘having worshipped’

• bhaktitaḥ: with devotion
• bhaktitaḥ: Hetu (Cause/Manner/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bhakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय; प्रकार/हेतुवाचक (devoutly/with devotion)

• bhaviṣyāmaḥ: we shall be (devotees)/we shall (do so)
• bhaviṣyāmaḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (भविष्यत्), उत्तमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद (Future, 1st person plural, Parasmaipada)

• na: not/no
• na: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation)

• saṃdehaḥ: doubt
• saṃdehaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃdeha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)

• tathā: likewise
• tathā: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/तुल्यतावाचक (likewise/also)

• pitṛgaṇāḥ: the groups of Pitṛs (ancestors)
• pitṛgaṇāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitṛ + gaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (pitṝṇāṃ gaṇāḥ) (Masculine, Nominative, Plural)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (and)

• ye: who
• ye: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Plural; relative pronoun)

Speaker

Devas (collective statement after worship)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-liṅga (Prabhāseśvara)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The gods, hands folded, make a solemn vow: from this day they will worship Rudra’s liṅga; behind them, subtle imagery of pitṛs receiving satisfaction—calm, luminous ancestors in the background.

Characters & Entities

• Rudra
• Liṅga
• Pitṛ-gaṇas (ancestors)
• Devas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional worship uplifts not only the worshiper but also one’s lineage and ancestral continuum (pitṛs).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, where Rudra’s liṅga is worshiped with promised benefits.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Daily/ongoing worship from ‘today onward’ (adyaprabhṛti) of Rudra’s liṅga with bhakti.