Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

अथ यो भावसंयुक्तस्तल्लिगं संप्रपूजयेत् । गांधर्वलोकमाप्नोति गन्धर्वैः सह मोदते

Transliteration

atha yo bhāvasaṃyuktastalligaṃ saṃprapūjayet | gāṃdharvalokamāpnoti gandharvaiḥ saha modate

Translation

ഇനി ഹൃദയഭക്തിയോടെ ആ ലിംഗത്തെ സമ്യകമായി പൂജിക്കുന്നവൻ ഗന്ധർവലോകം പ്രാപിക്കുകയും അവിടെ ഗന്ധർവരോടൊപ്പം ആനന്ദിക്കുകയും ചെയ്യും.

Word by Word

• atha: then
• atha: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; आरम्भ/अनन्तरार्थक (then/now)

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• bhāva-saṃyuktaḥ: endowed with devotion/feeling
• bhāva-saṃyuktaḥ: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhāva (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃyukta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √yuj)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; yaḥ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; निर्देश (that)

• liṅgam: liṅga
• liṅgam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• saṃprapūjayet: should worship well
• saṃprapūjayet: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-pra-pūj (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• gāṃdharva-lokam: the Gandharva world
• gāṃdharva-lokam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gāṃdharva (प्रातिपदिक) + loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• āpnoti: attains
• āpnoti: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: āp (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present indicative), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• gandharvaiḥ: with Gandharvas
• gandharvaiḥ: Sahakari (सहकारी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gandharva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन

• saha: together with
• saha: Sahakari (सहकारी)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सहार्थक-उपपद (preposition/particle 'with')

• modate: rejoices
• modate: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: mud (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present indicative), आत्मनेपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Citrāṅgadeśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee worships the Citrāṅgadeśvara liṅga with deep emotion; the scene transitions to a luminous Gandharva-loka where celestial musicians welcome the devotee.

Characters & Entities

• Liṅga
• Gāndharva-loka
• Gandharvas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Inner devotion (bhāva) empowers ritual worship and leads to exalted post-mortem attainments described in Purāṇic cosmology.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The liṅga of Citrāṅgadeśvara in Prabhāsakṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Proper liṅga-pūjā performed with bhāva (devotional intent).