Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 16

Devanagari script

श्रीभगवानुवाच । अद्यप्रभृति लिंगेऽस्मिन्सांनिध्यं मे भविष्यति । त्वद्वाक्याद्ब्राह्मणश्रेष्ठ सर्वं सत्यं भविष्यति

Transliteration

śrībhagavānuvāca | adyaprabhṛti liṃge'sminsāṃnidhyaṃ me bhaviṣyati | tvadvākyādbrāhmaṇaśreṣṭha sarvaṃ satyaṃ bhaviṣyati

Translation

ശ്രീഭഗവാൻ അരുളിച്ചെയ്തു—ഇന്നുമുതൽ ഈ ലിംഗത്തിൽ എന്റെ സാന്നിധ്യം നിത്യമായി നിലനിൽക്കും. ഹേ ബ്രാഹ്മണശ്രേഷ്ഠാ, നിന്റെ വാക്കിന്റെ ബലത്തിൽ എല്ലാം സത്യമായിത്തീരും.

Word by Word

• śrībhagavān: the Blessed Lord
• śrībhagavān: Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī (श्री) + bhagavat (भगवत् प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (honorific epithet)

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (वच् धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect); प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• adya: today / now
• adya: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: adya (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (today/now)

• prabhṛti: from (this time) onward
• prabhṛti: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: prabhṛti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (from...onwards; starting from)

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

• asmin: in this
• asmin: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (इदम् सर्वनाम)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन

• sāṃnidhyam: presence
• sāṃnidhyam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sāṃnidhya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• me: my
• me: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (अस्मद् सर्वनाम)
• Form: षष्ठी-एकवचन (Genitive enclitic)

• bhaviṣyati: will be
• bhaviṣyati: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (भू धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future); प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• tvad-vākyāt: from your word / because of your statement
• tvad-vākyāt: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Source/हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (युष्मद्) + vākya (वाक्य प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘your word’); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative), एकवचन

• brāhmaṇaśreṣṭha: O best of brāhmaṇas
• brāhmaṇaśreṣṭha: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brāhmaṇa (ब्राह्मण) + śreṣṭha (श्रेष्ठ)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (ब्राह्मणानां श्रेष्ठः); पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• sarvam: everything
• sarvam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (सर्व प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; अत्र प्रथमा (subject)

• satyam: true
• satyam: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate complement/समनाधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: satya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; अत्र विधेयविशेषण (predicate adjective)

• bhaviṣyati: will be
• bhaviṣyati: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (भू धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future); प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Śiva (Śrī Bhagavān)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Acaleśvara (liṅga-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: muni-sattama / brāhmaṇa-śreṣṭha (addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva (Bhagavān) speaks a boon-like declaration before a newly manifested/enshrined liṅga, with a venerable brāhmaṇa-sage receiving the assurance that his word will be fulfilled; temple setting with lamps and ritual vessels.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Vasiṣṭha
• Liṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine presence is anchored in the world through truth, vow, and grace—Śiva sanctifies a place by promising perpetual sāṃnidhya.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Arbuda liṅga-shrine is affirmed as a permanent seat of Śiva’s presence, establishing its tīrtha-status.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is detailed; the verse functions as the foundational charter for continuous worship and pilgrimage to the liṅga.