Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

प्रभासक्षेत्रमासाद्य चचार विपुलं तपः । वर्षाणामयुतं साग्रं लिंगं पूजितवान्प्रिये

Transliteration

prabhāsakṣetramāsādya cacāra vipulaṃ tapaḥ | varṣāṇāmayutaṃ sāgraṃ liṃgaṃ pūjitavānpriye

Translation

പ്രഭാസക്ഷേത്രത്തിലെത്തി അവൻ മഹത്തായ തപസ്സു ചെയ്തു. ഹേ പ്രിയേ, പത്തായിരം വർഷത്തേക്കാൾ അല്പം അധികം കാലം ലിംഗത്തെ പൂജിച്ചു.

Word by Word

• प्रभासक्षेत्रम्: the Prabhāsa sacred field
• प्रभासक्षेत्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभास-क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक); प्रभास + क्षेत्र
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन

• आसाद्य: having reached
• आसाद्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-√सद् (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त/ल्यबन्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive), पूर्वकाल (having reached)

• चचार: performed/practised
• चचार: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: चर् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• विपुलम्: great, abundant
• विपुलम्: Karma (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विपुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (तपः)

• तपः: austerity, penance
• तपः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन

• वर्षाणाम्: of years
• वर्षाणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Genitive), बहुवचन

• अयुतम्: ten thousand
• अयुतम्: Karma (Measure/extent)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अयुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन; संख्यावाचक

• साग्रम्: with an additional amount; and more
• साग्रम्: Karma (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स-अग्र (प्रातिपदिक); स + अग्र
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (अयुतम्)

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

• पूजितवान्: worshipped
• पूजितवान्: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु) + क्तवत् (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्तवत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन; कर्तरि (active)

• प्रिये: O beloved (lady)
• प्रिये: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; संबोधनपद

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārvatī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Yama arrives at the luminous coastal Prabhāsa landscape and performs severe tapas beside a Śiva-liṅga for ten thousand years—matted hair, ash-smeared body, unwavering gaze, offerings arranged in austere symmetry.

Characters & Entities

• Prabhāsakṣetra
• Liṅga
• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Prabhāsa is portrayed as a power-center where sustained tapas and Liṅga-worship quickly mature into divine favor and spiritual protection.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra (Prabhāsa), praised as a place fit for intense austerity and Śiva worship.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Liṅga-pūjā (worship of the Śiva-liṅga) combined with tapas (austerity), performed over an extended period.