Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

यावच्चंद्रश्च सूर्यश्च यावत्तिष्ठंति भूधराः । तावन्मे स्थापितं लिंगमुमया सह तिष्ठतु

Transliteration

yāvaccaṃdraśca sūryaśca yāvattiṣṭhaṃti bhūdharāḥ | tāvanme sthāpitaṃ liṃgamumayā saha tiṣṭhatu

Translation

ചന്ദ്രനും സൂര്യനും നിലനിൽക്കുന്നത്രയും, പർവ്വതങ്ങൾ നിലകൊള്ളുന്നത്രയും—എൻറെ കൈയ്യാൽ പ്രതിഷ്ഠിച്ച ഈ ലിംഗം ഉമാദേവിയോടുകൂടെ ഇവിടെ തന്നെ നിലകൊള്ളട്ടെ।

Word by Word

• यावत्: as long as
• यावत्: Temporal marker (काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत् (अव्यय/संबन्ध-शब्द)
• Form: अव्यय; यावत्तावत्-सम्बन्धे कालपरिमाणवाचकः (correlative)

• चन्द्रः: the Moon
• चन्द्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थकः (conjunction)

• सूर्यः: the Sun
• सूर्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थकः

• यावत्: as long as
• यावत्: Temporal marker (काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; यावत्तावत्-सम्बन्धे (correlative)

• तिष्ठन्ति: stand/remain
• तिष्ठन्ति: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकारः (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• भूधराः: mountains
• भूधराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भू + धर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; समासः—भूधर (तत्पुरुषः/कर्मधारयवत्: ‘भूṃ धरति’ = mountain)

• तावत्: so long/that long
• तावत्: Temporal marker (काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तावत् (अव्यय/संबन्ध-शब्द)
• Form: अव्यय; यावत्तावत्-सम्बन्धे परिणामवाचकः (correlative)

• मे: my
• मे: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी एकवचन (enclitic); अत्र षष्ठी—सम्बन्धे ‘my’

• स्थापितम्: established
• स्थापितम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: स्था-धातोः णिच् (स्थापयति) भावे/कर्मणि क्त-कृदन्तम्; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम्—‘लिङ्गम्’ इति

• लिङ्गम्: liṅga (Śiva-emblem)
• लिङ्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• उमया: with Umā
• उमया: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उमा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सहार्थकः उपसर्गसदृशः (preposition-like indeclinable)

• तिष्ठतु: may it remain
• तिष्ठतु: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकारः (आज्ञार्थ/विधिलिङ्गवत्), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Soma (Candra), addressing Śiva (and invoking Umā) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Somnātha)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A vow is proclaimed: the liṅga, established by the devotee, shall remain as long as sun and moon endure, with Umā abiding—cosmic bodies and mountains witnessing the consecration.

Characters & Entities

• Soma (Candra)
• Sūrya
• Umā (Pārvatī)
• Liṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred installation aims to anchor divine presence across ages, making the tīrtha a perennial refuge for devotees.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, where Soma speaks of the enduring liṅga he establishes.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Liṅga-sthāpanā (installation) and the prayer for continuous divine residence with Umā.