Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 69

Devanagari script

इदं स्थानं परं श्रेष्ठं मम व्रतनिषेवणम् । इदं लिंगं परं ब्रह्म अनादीशेति संज्ञितम्

Transliteration

idaṃ sthānaṃ paraṃ śreṣṭhaṃ mama vrataniṣevaṇam | idaṃ liṃgaṃ paraṃ brahma anādīśeti saṃjñitam

Translation

ഈ സ്ഥലം പരമ ശ്രേഷ്ഠം—ഇവിടെയാണ് എന്റെ വ്രതം യഥാവിധി അനുഷ്ഠിക്കപ്പെടുന്നത്. ഈ ലിംഗം പരബ്രഹ്മം തന്നേ; ‘അനാദീശ’ എന്ന നാമത്തിൽ അറിയപ്പെടുന്നു.

Word by Word

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन — nominative/accusative singular (context: ‘this’)

• स्थानम्: place, abode
• स्थानम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन — nominative/accusative singular

• परम्: supreme
• परम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — agrees with स्थानम्

• श्रेष्ठम्: best, excellent
• श्रेष्ठम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रेष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — agrees with स्थानम्

• मम: of me, my
• मम: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन — genitive singular

• व्रत-निषेवणम्: practice/observance of (my) vow
• व्रत-निषेवणम्: Karta (Predicate nominative/कर्तृ-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्रत (प्रातिपदिक) + निषेवण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — nominative/accusative singular; तत्पुरुषः (व्रतस्य निषेवणम्)

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• लिङ्गम्: liṅga (emblem)
• लिङ्गम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• परम्: supreme
• परम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — agrees with लिङ्गम्/ब्रह्म

• ब्रह्म: Brahman, the Absolute
• ब्रह्म: Karta (Predicate nominative/कर्तृ-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — nominative/accusative singular

• अनादीश: Anādīśa
• अनादीश: Sambandha (Name/संज्ञा)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनादीश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — nominative singular (as name)

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker/इति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (उद्धरण-निपात) — quotative particle

• संज्ञितम्: is named
• संज्ञितम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + ज्ञा (धातु) → संज्ञित (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — ‘named/called’ (predicate)

Speaker

Śiva (explicit via ‘mama’—my vow/observance)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Anādīśa-liṅga at Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A serene proclamation scene: the sacred place shines as ‘parama-śreṣṭha’; the Anādīśa liṅga stands radiant, while a devotee or deity indicates it as para-brahman; ascetic vow-symbols (water-pot, rudrākṣa, bilva) appear nearby.

Characters & Entities

• Anādīśa
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The holy site is not merely geographic; it is a locus where vow, worship, and realization of the Supreme (Brahman) converge in the liṅga.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, highlighting the Anādīśa liṅga as the supreme focus.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Vrata-niṣevaṇa (observance of a sacred vow) is praised as being especially fulfilled at this place.