Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

नावर्षणं भवेत्तत्र कदाचिदपि पार्वति । लिंगानि तत्र दिव्यानि पश्येत्पापोपशांतये

Transliteration

nāvarṣaṇaṃ bhavettatra kadācidapi pārvati | liṃgāni tatra divyāni paśyetpāpopaśāṃtaye

Translation

ഹേ പാർവതി, അവിടെ ഒരിക്കലും വരൾച്ച ഉണ്ടാകുകയില്ല. പാപശാന്തിക്കായി അവിടെയുള്ള ദിവ്യ ലിംഗങ്ങളെ ദർശിക്കണം.

Word by Word

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

• अवर्षणम्: non-raining; absence of rain
• अवर्षणम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: avarṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक; a- + varṣaṇa)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; भाववाचक-नाम (non-raining/lack of rain)

• भवेत्: would be; may occur
• भवेत्: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb: there)

• कदाचित्: ever; at any time
• कदाचित्: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kadācit (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb: at any time)

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

• पार्वति: O Pārvatī
• पार्वति: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pārvatī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन

• लिङ्गानि: liṅgas (Śiva-emblems)
• लिङ्गानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

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

• दिव्यानि: divine
• दिव्यानि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: divya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying liṅgāni)

• पश्येत्: should see
• पश्येत्: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• पाप: of sin
• पाप: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; (समासपूर्वपद)

• उपशान्तये: for pacification; for cessation
• उपशान्तये: Sampradana (Purpose/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: upaśānti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन; प्रयोजनार्थ (for the purpose of)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vidurāṭṭālaka (divine liṅga cluster)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārvatī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A verdant, ever-watered sacred precinct with clouds or gentle rain implied; multiple divine liṅgas gleam; pilgrims approach seeking pāpa-śānti; Pārvatī addressed directly.

Characters & Entities

• Pārvatī
• Divine liṅgas
• Vidurāṭṭālaka/Vidurāśrama (context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred places are portrayed as harmonizing nature and conscience: prosperity in the land and purification in the heart through devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The divine liṅgas at Vidurāśrama/Vidurāṭṭālaka in Prabhāsa Kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Liṅga-darśana is recommended as a means for pāpa-upaśānti (sin-pacification).