Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

ततः संस्थापितं लिंगं भक्त्या भावितचेतसा । तद्दृष्ट्वा क्षेममायाति कार्यं क्षेमेण सिद्ध्यति

Transliteration

tataḥ saṃsthāpitaṃ liṃgaṃ bhaktyā bhāvitacetasā | taddṛṣṭvā kṣemamāyāti kāryaṃ kṣemeṇa siddhyati

Translation

പിന്നീട് ഭക്തിഭാവം നിറഞ്ഞ മനസ്സോടെ അദ്ദേഹം ലിംഗം പ്രതിഷ്ഠിച്ചു. അതിന്റെ ദർശനമാത്രത്തിൽ ക്ഷേമം ലഭിക്കുകയും കാര്യങ്ങൾ മംഗളമായി സിദ്ധിക്കുകയും ചെയ്യുന്നു.

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Kāla/Anukrama (Temporal/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनन्तरार्थक (thereupon)

• saṃsthāpitam: installed
• saṃsthāpitam: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-sthā (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘installed/established’

• liṅgam: the liṅga
• liṅgam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• bhaktyā: with devotion
• bhaktyā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; तृतीया, एकवचन

• bhāvitacetasā: by one with a devoted/imbued mind
• bhāvitacetasā: Karana (Agent-instrumental/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhāvita-cetas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया, एकवचन; कृदन्त-विशेषण—भāvita (क्त, √bhū/√bhāv ‘made, imbued’) + cetas ‘mind’; ‘by one whose mind is imbued’

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन; सर्वनाम—‘that (liṅga)’

• dṛṣṭvā: having seen
• dṛṣṭvā: Kriya (Prior action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive) ‘having seen’

• kṣemam: welfare; well-being
• kṣemam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣema (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन

• āyāti: comes; is attained
• āyāti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-yā (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• kāryam: task; purpose
• kāryam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kārya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• kṣemeṇa: by welfare; with auspiciousness
• kṣemeṇa: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣema (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया, एकवचन

• siddhyati: is accomplished; succeeds
• siddhyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sidh (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kṣemeśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Kṣemamūrti performing liṅga-pratiṣṭhā: priests and attendants, kalasha, sacred fire, pouring abhiṣeka; the newly established liṅga radiates; pilgrims later receiving blessings for successful endeavors.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (liṅga)
• Kṣemamūrti

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotionally establishing and beholding Śiva’s liṅga brings kṣema—protection, auspiciousness, and success in righteous endeavors.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kṣemeśvara/Kṣemaṅkareśvara liṅga site within Prabhāsa Kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Liṅga-saṃsthāpanā (establishing a liṅga) and its darśana (sacred viewing).