Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

एतानि यस्तु लिंगानि पश्येद्भक्त्या जितेन्द्रियः । स मुक्तः पातकैः सर्वैर्गच्छेच्छिवपुरं महत्

Transliteration

etāni yastu liṃgāni paśyedbhaktyā jitendriyaḥ | sa muktaḥ pātakaiḥ sarvairgacchecchivapuraṃ mahat

Translation

ഇന്ദ്രിയസംയമനത്തോടെ ഭക്തിയോടെ ഈ ലിംഗങ്ങളെ ദർശിക്കുന്നവൻ, സർവ്വ പാപങ്ങളിൽ നിന്നു മോചിതനായി മഹത്തായ ശിവപുരത്തിലേക്ക് ഗമിക്കുന്നു.

Word by Word

• एतानि: these
• एतानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम-विशेषण (these)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक-यः (who)

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha/Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), विरोध/विशेषार्थक (but/indeed)

• लिङ्गानि: liṅgas (emblems)
• लिङ्गानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), बहुवचन

• पश्येत्: should see
• पश्येत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पश् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; साधन/हेतु (with devotion)

• जितेन्द्रियः: one who has conquered the senses
• जितेन्द्रियः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जित-इन्द्रिय (√जि + इन्द्रिय; कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त), विशेषण; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (इन्द्रियाणि जितानि यस्य)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• मुक्तः: freed
• मुक्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मुक्त (√मुच्; कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त), विशेषण/विधेय

• पातकैः: from sins
• पातकैः: Apadana (Ablative sense/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पातक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन; अपादान/हेतु-भाव (from sins/by sins)

• सर्वैः: all
• सर्वैः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन; विशेषण (all)

• गच्छेत्: should go
• गच्छेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √गम् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• शिवपुरम्: Śiva’s city
• शिवपुरम्: Karma (Object/Goal/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव-पुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (शिवस्य पुरम्)

• महत्: great
• महत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; विशेषण (great)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) (continued from 173.1)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Catuṣliṅga-darśana in Prabhāsa (Kuśakeśvara–Gargeśvara–Puṣkareśvara–Maitreyeśvara)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A self-controlled devotee with folded hands beholds the four liṅgas; a luminous path or aura suggests release from sins and ascent toward Śiva’s abode.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Four liṅgas (these liṅgas)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional darśana combined with self-restraint is praised as a direct purifier leading toward Śiva’s realm.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The four-liṅga sacred cluster in Prabhāsa Kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Darśana (beholding) of the liṅgas with bhakti and sense-control (jitendriyatā).