Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

महाभक्त्या महादेवि तस्मिंल्लिंगेऽवतारितः । तं दृष्ट्वा मानवो भक्त्या पूजयित्वा यथाविधि

Transliteration

mahābhaktyā mahādevi tasmiṃlliṃge'vatāritaḥ | taṃ dṛṣṭvā mānavo bhaktyā pūjayitvā yathāvidhi

Translation

ໂອ ມະຫາເທວີ, ດ້ວຍພະຄະຕິອັນຍິ່ງ ທ່ານໄດ້ເຊີນພຣະສິວະໃຫ້ສະເດັດລົງສູ່ລິງຄະນັ້ນ. ຜູ້ໃດເຫັນແລ້ວ ຄວນນະມັດສະການບູຊາຕາມພິທີອັນຖືກຕ້ອງ.

Word by Word

• mahābhaktyā: with great devotion
• mahābhaktyā: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + bhakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (महती भक्तिः)

• mahādevi: O great goddess
• mahādevi: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-प्रथमा (vocative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः

• tasmin: in that
• tasmin: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• liṅge: in the liṅga
• liṅge: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• avatāritaḥ: was installed/caused to descend
• avatāritaḥ: Kriyā (Predicate-participle/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ava-tṝ (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय, past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘अवतारितः’ = अवतार्य/अवतरितः (caused to descend/installed)

• tam: him/that (liṅga)
• tam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• dṛṣṭvā: having seen
• dṛṣṭvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया; धातु: दृश्

• mānavaḥ: a man
• mānavaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mānava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• bhaktyā: with devotion
• bhaktyā: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन

• pūjayitvā: having worshipped
• pūjayitvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pūj (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया; धातु: पूज् (10P)

• yathāvidhi: according to the prescribed rite
• yathāvidhi: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Manner/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय) + vidhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Characters & Entities

• Mahādevī (addressed)
• Liṅga
• Śiva (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Bhakti sanctifies worship and makes the divine presence accessible; proper ritual complements devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Liṅga established in Prabhāsa Kṣetra (Siddhaliṅga narrative context).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Yathā-vidhi pūjā—worship according to prescribed procedure, grounded in devotion.