Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

गोपीश्वराच्च वायव्ये धनुषां त्रिंशकेऽन्तरे । स्थितं महाप्रभावं हि लिंगं पातकनाशनम्

Transliteration

gopīśvarācca vāyavye dhanuṣāṃ triṃśake'ntare | sthitaṃ mahāprabhāvaṃ hi liṃgaṃ pātakanāśanam

Translation

នៅទិសពាយ័ព្យពីគោពីឥશ્વរៈ ចម្ងាយសាមសិបដងធនុស មានលិង្គដ៏មានអានុភាពធំ ដែលបំផ្លាញបាប។

Word by Word

• गोपीश्वरात्: from Gopīśvara
• गोपीश्वरात्: अपादान (Apādāna/Ablative: from)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोपीश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन (Singular)

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

• वायव्ये: in the north-west (direction)
• वायव्ये: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वायव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular); दिग्वाचक (directional)

• धनुषाम्: of bows (as a measure)
• धनुषाम्: सम्बन्ध (Genitive: of bows; measure)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनुस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural)

• त्रिंशके: within thirty (bows)
• त्रिंशके: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Locative: within)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिंशक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular); परिमाणवाचक (measure)

• अन्तरे: in between/at a distance
• अन्तरे: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular); अन्तरालवाचक

• स्थितम्: situated
• स्थितम्: विशेषण (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्था (धातु) → स्थित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त (past participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular); लिङ्गम् इत्यस्य विशेषण

• महाप्रभावम्: of great power
• महाप्रभावम्: विशेषण (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा + प्रभाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (qualifier of लिङ्गम्)

• हि: indeed
• हि: सम्बन्ध (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चय/हेतुबोधक-अव्यय (particle: indeed/for)

• लिङ्गम्: liṅga (Śiva emblem)
• लिङ्गम्: कर्ता/विषय (Subject/topic: 'there is a liṅga')
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular)

• पातकनाशनम्: destroyer of sins
• पातकनाशनम्: विशेषण (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पातक + नाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (qualifier of लिङ्गम्)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rāmeśvara-liṅga (described relative to Gopīśvara)

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim’s-eye map scene: Gopīśvara shrine in the foreground; a path leading northwest to a second liṅga-temple, with a measuring staff/bow-length motif indicating ‘thirty dhanuṣ’.

Characters & Entities

• Gopīśvara
• Śiva-liṅga
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇa links physical pilgrimage routes with moral purification, portraying darśana of the liṅga as pātaka-nāśana (sin-destroying).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A powerful sin-destroying Śiva-liṅga located northwest of Gopīśvara within Prabhāsa-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Directional guidance for reaching the shrine is given; the implied act is darśana/visit, not a detailed rite.