Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

लिंगं संस्थाप्य तत्रैव पूजयामास तं विभुम् । गन्धपुष्पादिनैवेद्यैः सम्यक्छ्रद्धासमन्वितः

Transliteration

liṃgaṃ saṃsthāpya tatraiva pūjayāmāsa taṃ vibhum | gandhapuṣpādinaivedyaiḥ samyakchraddhāsamanvitaḥ

Translation

അവിടെ തന്നേ ലിംഗം സ്ഥാപിച്ച് ആ വിഭു പ്രഭുവിനെ പൂജിച്ചു; ഗന്ധം, പുഷ്പം, നൈവേദ്യം മുതലായവ സമ്യക് ശ്രദ്ധയോടെ അർപ്പിച്ചു.

Word by Word

• लिङ्गम्: liṅga (Śiva-emblem)
• लिङ्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• संस्थाप्य: having स्थापित/installed
• संस्थाप्य: Kriya (Gerundial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वक्रिया; धातु: √स्था (1P) उपसर्ग: सम्

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: स्थानवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha/Emphasis (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• पूजयामास: worshipped
• पूजयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परिप्रास/परोक्षभूत; periphrastic perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; धातु: √पूज् (10Ā/10P प्रयोगानुसार)

• तम्: him/that (one)
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• विभुम्: the Lord, the all-pervading one
• विभुम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• गन्धपुष्पादि-नैवेद्यैः: with offerings such as scents and flowers
• गन्धपुष्पादि-नैवेद्यैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्ध (प्रातिपदिक) + पुष्प (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक) + नैवेद्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), बहुवचन; समास: गन्ध-पुष्प-आदि (द्वन्द्व/समाहार-भाव) + नैवेद्य (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘गन्धपुष्पादीनि नैवेद्यानि’ इति)

• सम्यक्: properly
• सम्यक्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्यक् (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb)

• श्रद्धा-समन्वितः: endowed with faith
• श्रद्धा-समन्वितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रद्धा (प्रातिपदिक) + समन्वित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; सम्-अन्वि/अन्वि)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण ‘समन्वित’ (endowed) ; समास: श्रद्धया समन्वितः (तृतीया-तत्पुरुष)

Speaker

Pulastya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda-liṅga-sthāna (Paṅgu-pratiṣṭhita liṅga)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On a stone platform by the lake, Paṅgu installs a simple dark liṅga, adorns it with sandal paste and flowers, and offers naivedya with folded hands; the atmosphere is quiet and sanctified.

Characters & Entities

• Liṅga
• Śiva (vibhu, implied)
• Paṅgu (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True tīrtha-power is awakened by sincere Śiva-bhakti expressed through installation, worship, and faithful offering.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Arbuda locale where Paṅgu installed a liṅga—this becomes part of the sanctified setting connected with Paṅgu Tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Liṅga-sthāpana and pūjā with gandha (fragrance), puṣpa (flowers), and naivedya (food offerings), performed with śraddhā.