Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 17

Devanagari script

संसिद्धिं परमां याति यस्याः संस्मरणान्नरः । शिवलिंगान्यनेकानि यत्र सन्ति महीतले

Transliteration

saṃsiddhiṃ paramāṃ yāti yasyāḥ saṃsmaraṇānnaraḥ | śivaliṃgānyanekāni yatra santi mahītale

Translation

അവളെ സ്മരിക്കുന്നതുമാത്രം മനുഷ്യന് പരമസിദ്ധി ലഭിക്കുന്നു; കൂടാതെ ആ സ്ഥലത്ത് ഭൂമിയിൽ അനേകം ശിവലിംഗങ്ങൾ നിലനിൽക്കുന്നു।

Word by Word

• संसिद्धिम्: complete success, perfection
• संसिद्धिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संसिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• परमाम्: supreme
• परमाम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘संसिद्धिम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• याति: attains, goes to
• याति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• यस्याः: of whom/whose
• यस्याः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; सम्बन्धः (of whom/whose)

• संस्मरणात्: from remembering (her)
• संस्मरणात्: Apadana (Source/Cause/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संस्मरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), एकवचन; हेतौ (cause: from/by remembering)

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• शिवलिङ्गानि: Śiva-liṅgas
• शिवलिङ्गानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक) + लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (शिवस्य लिङ्गानि), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• अनेकानि: many
• अनेकानि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनेक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘शिवलिङ्गानि’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक

• सन्ति: are, exist
• सन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• महीतले: on the surface of the earth
• महीतले: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मही (प्रातिपदिक) + तल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (महेः तलम्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Dvārakā Māhātmya narrative style within Skanda Purāṇa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ambikā-kṣetra with liṅga-sanniveśa

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee remembers Ambikā (eyes closed, rosary in hand) while the landscape reveals many small Śiva-liṅgas across the earth; Ambikā’s subtle presence blesses the scene, suggesting ‘paramā siddhi’.

Characters & Entities

• Devī (implied)
• Śiva
• Śiva-liṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Inner practice (smaraṇa) and outer sacred geography (liṅga-presence) together define a powerful field of dharma and attainment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Devī-associated locale in Dvārakā Māhātmya, additionally marked by numerous Śiva-liṅgas.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Smaraṇa (devotional remembrance) of the Goddess; implicit liṅga-darśana/worship is suggested by the site description.