Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

लब्ध्वा लिंगस्य पर्यंतं यास्यामि क्षितिमंडले । तस्य तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा तत्पुष्पमभ्यभाषत

Transliteration

labdhvā liṃgasya paryaṃtaṃ yāsyāmi kṣitimaṃḍale | tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā tatpuṣpamabhyabhāṣata

Translation

‘ലിംഗത്തിന്റെ അറ്റം കണ്ടെത്തി ഞാൻ ഭൂമണ്ഡലത്തിലേക്ക് മടങ്ങും’ എന്ന അവന്റെ വാക്കുകൾ കേട്ട് ആ പുഷ്പം അവനോട് സംസാരിച്ചു.

Word by Word

• लब्ध्वा: having obtained
• लब्ध्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier of main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (prior action): ‘having obtained’

• लिङ्गस्य: of the liṅga
• लिङ्गस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• पर्यन्तम्: the limit/end
• पर्यन्तम्: Karma (Object/goal of ‘labdhvā’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्यन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; गत्यर्थे ‘up to the end/limit’

• यास्यामि: I shall go
• यास्यामि: Kriyā (Main action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• क्षितिमण्डले: on the earth-sphere
• क्षितिमण्डले: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षिति (प्रातिपदिक) + मण्डल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘earth’s sphere’); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• तस्य: of him/of that
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• तद्वचनम्: that statement
• तद्वचनम्: Karma (Object of ‘śrutvā’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + वचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (‘that speech/that statement’); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier of main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया: ‘having heard’

• तत्पुष्पम्: that flower
• तत्पुष्पम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + पुष्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (‘that flower’); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• अभ्यभाषत: spoke/addressed
• अभ्यभाषत: Kriyā (Main action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भाष् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद; उपसर्ग: अभि-

Speaker

Brahmā (narration; transition to the flower speaking next)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ananta-liṅga (liṅgodbhava locus)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmā, high in the heavens, declares he will return after finding the end; a fragrant flower (ketakī) appears and speaks—an uncanny moment of nature becoming a moral agent.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Śiva (as the Liṅga)
• Ketakī flower (implied as 'that flower')

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Claims of spiritual attainment are tested; the narrative prepares for a dharmic lesson about truth and false testimony.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse functions within Arbuda-khaṇḍa’s sacred storytelling; it does not directly praise a named tīrtha here.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it introduces the upcoming dialogue involving the flower.