Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 16

Devanagari script

अत्राहं संस्थितो नित्यं लिंगरूपी महाप्रभुः । स्थास्यामि कल्पेकल्पे वै नृणां पापापहारकः

Transliteration

atrāhaṃ saṃsthito nityaṃ liṃgarūpī mahāprabhuḥ | sthāsyāmi kalpekalpe vai nṛṇāṃ pāpāpahārakaḥ

Translation

ಇಲ್ಲಿ ನಾನು ಲಿಂಗರೂಪಿ ಮಹಾಪ್ರಭುವಾಗಿ ನಿತ್ಯ ಸಂಸ್ಥಿತನಾಗಿದ್ದೇನೆ. ಪ್ರತಿಯೊಂದು ಕಲ್ಪದಲ್ಲಿಯೂ ನಾನು ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಸ್ಥಿರವಾಗಿ ನಿಂತು ನರರ ಪಾಪಗಳನ್ನು ಅಪಹರಿಸುವೆನು.

Word by Word

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; उत्तमपुरुष; एकवचन; प्रथमा (Nominative)

• संस्थितः: stationed, established
• संस्थितः: Karta (Subject-complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + √स्था (धातु) → संस्थित (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त); पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; विशेषण (past participle: ‘having remained/being stationed’)

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावेन प्रयुक्तम्; कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb)

• लिङ्गरूपी: in the form of a liṅga
• लिङ्गरूपी: Karta (Subject-complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लिङ्ग + रूपिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (लिङ्गस्य रूपी); पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; विशेषण

• महाप्रभुः: the great Lord
• महाप्रभुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महā + प्रभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास; पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन

• स्थास्यामि: I shall remain
• स्थास्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्था (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future); उत्तमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• कल्पे: in a kalpa
• कल्पे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कल्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; सप्तमी (Locative); एकवचन

• कल्पे: in (each) kalpa
• कल्पे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कल्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; सप्तमी (Locative); एकवचन (पुनरुक्ति: ‘kalpa after kalpa’)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha/Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• नृणाम्: of men
• नृणाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; षष्ठी (Genitive); बहुवचन

• पापापहारकः: remover of sins
• पापापहारकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप + अपहारक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (पापस्य अपहारकः); पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन

Speaker

Śiva (Rudra)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharitrī-liṅga (Prabhāsa-kṣetra)

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (immediate addressee in episode) and the frame audience of ṛṣis

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A majestic liṅga stands in a sanctum with an unbroken aura; a cosmic backdrop hints at repeating kalpas—stars, cycles, and time-wheels—while pilgrims approach seeking absolution.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Dharitrī-liṅga
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The deity’s grace becomes accessible through a stable sacred form; the liṅga stands as a perennial refuge for purification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where Śiva declares an eternal residence in liṅga-form (Dharitrī-liṅga).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, liṅga-worship at this spot is recommended as a means of pāpa-kṣaya (sin removal).