Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

चंद्र उवाच । यदि देयो वरोऽस्माकं यदि तुष्टोऽसि मे प्रभो । सांनिध्यं कुरु देवेश लिंगेऽस्मिन्सर्वदा विभो

Transliteration

caṃdra uvāca | yadi deyo varo'smākaṃ yadi tuṣṭo'si me prabho | sāṃnidhyaṃ kuru deveśa liṃge'sminsarvadā vibho

Translation

ചന്ദ്രൻ പറഞ്ഞു—ഹേ പ്രഭോ, എനിക്ക് വരം നൽകണമെങ്കിൽ, നിങ്ങൾ എന്നിൽ പ്രസന്നനാണെങ്കിൽ, ഹേ ദേവേശാ, ഹേ വിഭോ, ഈ ലിംഗത്തിൽ സദാ നിങ്ങളുടെ സാന്നിധ്യം നിലനിർത്തണമേ.

Word by Word

• caṃdraḥ: the Moon
• caṃdraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: caṃdra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• yadi: if
• yadi: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conditional particle)

• deyaḥ: to be granted
• deyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dā (धातु)
• Form: यत् (gerundive/भाव्य) from √dā; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; अर्थ—‘to be given’

• varaḥ: a boon
• varaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• asmākam: of us/for us
• asmākam: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन

• yadi: if
• yadi: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conditional particle)

• tuṣṭaḥ: pleased
• tuṣṭaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tuṣ (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past participle) from √tuṣ; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• asi: are
• asi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन

• me: my
• me: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• prabho: O Lord
• prabho: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• sāṃnidhyam: presence
• sāṃnidhyam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sāṃnidhya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• kuru: make/grant
• kuru: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन

• deveśa: O Lord of gods
• deveśa: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva-īśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष—‘lord of gods’

• liṅge: in the liṅga
• liṅge: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• asmin: in this
• asmin: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; विशेषण—‘in this’

• sarvadā: always
• sarvadā: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sarvadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb of time)

• vibho: O all-pervading one
• vibho: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vibhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

Speaker

Candra (Soma)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra liṅga-sthāna

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaṅkara (Śiva)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Candra, radiant yet humble, petitions Śiva: ‘Abide forever in this liṅga’; the liṅga becomes the focal axis between devotee and deity.

Characters & Entities

• Candra
• Śiva
• Liṅga
• Prabhāsakṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion seeks not worldly gain but the Lord’s continual presence (sānnidhya) at a sacred form and place.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra (Prabhāsa), famed for the Somnātha liṅga tradition.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is prescribed here; it is a direct devotional request for perpetual divine presence in the liṅga.