Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

यस्तं पूजयते भक्त्या लिंगं पुष्पैः पृथग्विधैः । स याति परमं स्थानं जरामरणवर्जितम्

Transliteration

yastaṃ pūjayate bhaktyā liṃgaṃ puṣpaiḥ pṛthagvidhaiḥ | sa yāti paramaṃ sthānaṃ jarāmaraṇavarjitam

Translation

ഭക്തിയോടെ നാനാവിധ പുഷ്പങ്ങളാൽ ആ ലിംഗത്തെ പൂജിക്കുന്നവൻ ജരാമരണവിമുക്തമായ പരമസ്ഥാനത്തെ പ്രാപിക്കുന്നു.

Word by Word

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक-यः (relative pronoun)

• tam: that (him/it)
• tam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; तं (demonstrative pronoun)

• pūjayate: worships
• pūjayate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pūj (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• bhaktyā: with devotion
• bhaktyā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; साधन/भाव-हेतु

• liṅgam: the liṅga (emblem)
• liṅgam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• puṣpaiḥ: with flowers
• puṣpaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puṣpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• pṛthagvidhaiḥ: of various kinds
• pṛthagvidhaiḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pṛthag + vidha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (puṣpaiḥ इति विशेष्यस्य)

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• yāti: goes/attains
• yāti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yā (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• paramam: supreme
• paramam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: parama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (sthānam इति)

• sthānam: abode/place
• sthānam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sthāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; गत्यर्थक-क्रियायाः कर्म

• jarāmaraṇavarjitam: free from old age and death
• jarāmaraṇavarjitam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: jarā + maraṇa + varjita (प्रातिपदिक; varjita = √vṛj/varj (धातु) क्त-प्रत्ययान्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (sthānam इति); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/निर्धारणार्थः—‘jarā-maraṇa’ इत्येतयोः वर्जितम्

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mahāprabhāsa-liṅga

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī/Pārvatī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee stands before a consecrated liṅga, offering many-colored flowers in layered garlands; the liṅga is adorned with bilva leaves, lamps glow, and a serene ‘parama-sthāna’ radiance is suggested behind.

Characters & Entities

• Liṅga
• Bhakti
• Paramam Sthānam

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Simple devotional worship, when sincere, becomes a direct means to the highest spiritual goal.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Mahāprabhāsa liṅga at Prabhāsakṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Liṅga-pūjā with varied flowers (puṣpārpaṇa) performed with bhakti.