Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 17

Devanagari script

त्रयोऽपि पूजितास्तेन येन लिंगं प्रपूजितम्

Transliteration

trayo'pi pūjitāstena yena liṃgaṃ prapūjitam

Translation

ആൾ വിധിപൂർവ്വം ലിംഗത്തെ പൂജിച്ചാൽ, അവനാൽ മൂന്നു ദേവതകളും പൂജിക്കപ്പെട്ടവരാകുന്നു।

Word by Word

• trayaḥ: the three
• trayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tri (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), समुच्चय/अपि-अर्थ (also/even)

• pūjitāḥ: worshipped
• pūjitāḥ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pūj (धातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृदन्त (भूतकर्मणि/क्त-प्रत्यय), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोगे विधेय (past passive participle: 'having been worshipped')

• tena: by him
• tena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन (Singular)

• yena: by whom
• yena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन (Singular); सम्बन्धे (relative pronoun)

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

• prapūjitam: duly worshipped
• prapūjitam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra + pūj (धातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृदन्त (भूतकर्मणि/क्त-प्रत्यय), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि (past passive participle: 'having been duly worshipped')

Speaker

Śiva (Bhagavān)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Somnātha-liṅga (Prabhāsa)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dvija/ṛṣi audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee completes liṅga worship; behind the liṅga, faint visionary forms of Brahmā and Viṣṇu appear, indicating that the single act has encompassed all three.

Characters & Entities

• Trimūrti
• Liṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Single-pointed worship of the Liṅga is taught as complete, encompassing the major divine functions.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, where liṅga-pūjā is extolled as supremely efficacious.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Duly worship (prapūjā) the Liṅga; it is declared to fulfill the worship of the three.