Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

लिंगं स्थापितवांस्तत्र स मुक्तः किल्विषात्ततः । वैराग्याद्यौवनं त्यक्त्वा कौमारं पुनराददे

Transliteration

liṃgaṃ sthāpitavāṃstatra sa muktaḥ kilviṣāttataḥ | vairāgyādyauvanaṃ tyaktvā kaumāraṃ punarādade

Translation

അവിടെ ലിംഗം സ്ഥാപിച്ചതിനാൽ അവൻ പാപത്തിൽ നിന്നു മോചിതനായി. വൈരാഗ്യത്താൽ യൗവനം ഉപേക്ഷിച്ച് വീണ്ടും കൗമാരാവസ്ഥ കൈവരിച്ചു।

Word by Word

• liṃgam: liṅga (Śiva-emblem)
• liṃgam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति; एकवचन

• sthāpitavān: having installed
• sthāpitavān: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sthā (धातु)
• Form: क्तवत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past active participle); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति; एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोगः

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति; एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• muktaḥ: was freed
• muktaḥ: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: muc (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन

• kilviṣāt: from sin
• kilviṣāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kilviṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी विभक्ति; एकवचन

• tataḥ: thereupon
• tataḥ: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; हेत्वर्थ/क्रमवाचक (thereupon)

• vairāgyāt: from detachment
• vairāgyāt: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vairāgya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी विभक्ति; एकवचन

• yauvanam: youth
• yauvanam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yauvana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति; एकवचन

• tyaktvā: having abandoned
• tyaktvā: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tyaj (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund)

• kaumāram: boyhood; celibate state
• kaumāram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kaumāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति; एकवचन

• punaḥ: again
• punaḥ: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरावृत्तिवाचक

• ādade: took up; assumed
• ādade: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम् (आ + दा)

Speaker

Narrator (within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya context; speaker not explicit in this verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kumāreśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: bhāmini/devī (addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A consecration scene: Kārttikeya installs a Śiva-liṅga at Prabhāsa; divine light descends; his youthful aura shifts into serene boyhood through vairāgya, suggesting miraculous renewal.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Śiva-liṅga
• Kumāreśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional establishment of a Śiva-liṅga at a sacred kṣetra, combined with vairāgya, is portrayed as powerfully purifying and transformative.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, in the context of the Kumāreśvara Māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Liṅga-pratiṣṭhā (establishing a Śiva-liṅga) at the site, implying worship connected with the kṣetra.