Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

स्थितं कामप्रदं लिंगं सर्वपातकनाशनम् । पौलोमीश्वरनामाढचं पौलोम्या संप्रतिष्ठितम्

Transliteration

sthitaṃ kāmapradaṃ liṃgaṃ sarvapātakanāśanam | paulomīśvaranāmāḍhacaṃ paulomyā saṃpratiṣṭhitam

Translation

അവിടെ ആഗ്രഹഫലപ്രദവും സർവ്വപാതകനാശകവുമായ ലിംഗം നിലകൊള്ളുന്നു; അത് ‘പൗലോമീശ്വര’ എന്ന നാമത്തിൽ പ്രസിദ്ധം, പൗലോമി (ഇന്ദ്രാണി) യാൽ വിധിപൂർവ്വം പ്രതിഷ്ഠിതം.

Word by Word

• sthitam: situated, established
• sthitam: Kriya (Predicative/State)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √sthā (धातु) + sthita (कृदन्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; predicate/attributive to liṅgam

• kāma-pradam: granting desires
• kāma-pradam: Karta (Qualifier of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kāma (प्रातिपदिक) + prada (प्रातिपदिक; √dā + क)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (कामं प्रददाति); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), एकवचन; qualifying liṅgam

• liṅgam: liṅga
• liṅgam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

• sarva-pātaka-nāśanam: destroyer of all sins
• sarva-pātaka-nāśanam: Karta (Qualifier of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + pātaka (प्रातिपदिक) + nāśana (प्रातिपदिक; √naś + ल्युट्)
• Form: बहुपद-तत्पुरुष-समास; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), एकवचन; qualifying liṅgam

• paulomī-īśvara-nāma-āḍhyam: endowed with the name 'Paulomīśvara'
• paulomī-īśvara-nāma-āḍhyam: Karta (Qualifier of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: paulomī (प्रातिपदिक) + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक) + nāman (प्रातिपदिक) + āḍhya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुपद-तत्पुरुष-समास (पौलोमीश्वर इति नाम्ना आढ्यम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), एकवचन; qualifying liṅgam

• paulomyā: by Paulomī
• paulomyā: Kartr-karana (Agent in passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: paulomī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case), एकवचन; agent-instrumental in passive construction

• saṃpratiṣṭhitam: was स्थापित/installed
• saṃpratiṣṭhitam: Kriya (Predicative/State)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-prati-√sthā (धातु) + pratiṣṭhita (कृदन्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; past passive participle agreeing with liṅgam

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) (contextual continuation)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Paulomīśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Indrāṇī (Paulomī) performs liṅga-pratiṣṭhā: she pours consecration water, places flowers and bilva; devas witness; the liṅga radiates as ‘kāma-prada’ and ‘pātaka-nāśana’.

Characters & Entities

• Paulomī (Indrāṇī)
• Paulomīśvara
• Śiva-liṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva’s presence as a liṅga is both compassionate and purifying—granting boons while burning away sin through devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Paulomīśvara Liṅga in Prabhāsa-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, worship at Paulomīśvara; the verse highlights its fruits (wish-fulfillment and sin-destruction).