Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

तल्लिंगं पूजयामासुः श्रद्धया परया नृप । पूजयित्वा गताः सिद्धिं सर्वे लिंगप्रसादतः

Transliteration

talliṃgaṃ pūjayāmāsuḥ śraddhayā parayā nṛpa | pūjayitvā gatāḥ siddhiṃ sarve liṃgaprasādataḥ

Translation

ഹേ നൃപാ! അവർ പരമശ്രദ്ധയോടെ ആ ലിംഗത്തെ പൂജിച്ചു. പൂജിച്ച ശേഷം ലിംഗപ്രസാദത്താൽ എല്ലാവരും സിദ്ധി പ്രാപിച്ചു.

Word by Word

• तत्: that
• तत्: विशेषण (Qualifier of लिङ्गम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular)

• लिङ्गम्: liṅga
• लिङ्गम्: कर्म (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular)

• पूजयामासुः: worshipped
• पूजयामासुः: क्रिया (Predicate verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद; ‘आम्’ आगमयुक्त-प्रयोग (3rd person plural)

• श्रद्धया: with faith
• श्रद्धया: करण (Instrument/manner)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रद्धा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (Feminine, Instrumental, Singular)

• परया: supreme; great
• परया: विशेषण (Qualifier of श्रद्धया)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (Feminine, Instrumental, Singular)

• नृप: O king
• नृप: सम्बोधन (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन विभक्ति, एकवचन (Vocative, Singular)

• पूजयित्वा: having worshipped
• पूजयित्वा: पूर्वकाल (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा/ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive: having worshipped)

• गताः: went; attained
• गताः: क्रिया/विधेय (Predicate: became/went)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त (past participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Plural)

• सिद्धिम्: success; perfection
• सिद्धिम्: कर्म (Object of ‘गताः’ in sense ‘attained’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (Feminine, Accusative, Singular)

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: विशेषण (Qualifier of implied ‘ते/मुनयः’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Plural)

• लिङ्गप्रसादतः: from the grace of the liṅga
• लिङ्गप्रसादतः: अपादान (Cause/source: due to the liṅga’s grace)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (लिङ्गस्य प्रसादः) (Ablative, Singular)

Speaker

Pulastya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: nṛpa (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sages complete a solemn worship of a liṅga—offering incense and fragrant paste—then stand in luminous stillness as the liṅga’s grace confers spiritual accomplishment.

Characters & Entities

• liṅga (Koṭīśvara, implied)
• munis/ṛṣis

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Supreme faith joined to worship draws grace, and grace matures into siddhi (spiritual accomplishment).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Koṭīśvara-liṅga in Arbuda, where worship is said to grant siddhi.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform liṅga-pūjā with śraddhā (deep faith); the verse emphasizes the inner disposition as the key offering.