Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 92

Devanagari script

एवं पवित्रतां प्राप्तस्तीर्थत्वं लव णोदधिः । तस्य मध्ये महादेवि लिंगानां पंचकोटयः

Transliteration

evaṃ pavitratāṃ prāptastīrthatvaṃ lava ṇodadhiḥ | tasya madhye mahādevi liṃgānāṃ paṃcakoṭayaḥ

Translation

ഇങ്ങനെ ലവണസമുദ്രം പവിത്രത പ്രാപിച്ച് തീർത്ഥത്വം നേടി. ഹേ മഹാദേവി, അതിന്റെ നടുവിൽ ശിവലിംഗങ്ങൾ അഞ്ചുകോടിയുണ്ട്.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb)

• पवित्रताम्: purity
• पवित्रताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पवित्रता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — object of ‘प्राप्तः’ (attained purity)

• प्राप्तः: attained
• प्राप्तः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्राप्त (कृदन्त; √आप् धातु)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP used actively), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — predicate of ‘उदधिः’

• तीर्थत्वम्: the state of being a sacred ford (tīrtha)
• तीर्थत्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थत्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — second object (attained the status of a tīrtha)

• लवणोदधिः: the salt ocean
• लवणोदधिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लवण + उदधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — तत्पुरुषः (लवणस्य उदधिः)

• तस्य: of it
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन — ‘of it/of him’ (of the ocean)

• मध्ये: in the middle
• मध्ये: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन — ‘in the middle’

• महादेवि: O Mahādevī
• महादेवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महादेवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन — संबोधन

• लिङ्गानाम्: of liṅgas
• लिङ्गानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन — ‘of liṅgas’

• पञ्चकोटयः: five crores
• पञ्चकोटयः: Karta/Existential subject (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्च + कोटि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — द्विगु-समासः (पञ्च कोटयः)

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Lavaṇodadhi at Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Mahādevī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A vast, shimmering sea is portrayed as purified and transformed into a tīrtha; beneath the waves, countless Śiva-liṅgas are envisioned like a submerged cosmic shrine, while the narrator addresses Devī.

Characters & Entities

• Mahādevī
• Lavaṇodadhi (Salt Ocean)
• Śiva-liṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even the vast ocean becomes a tīrtha through sanctity; Śiva’s presence pervades sacred geography in immeasurable forms.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Lavaṇodadhi (Salt Ocean) connected with the Prabhāsa-kṣetra sacred region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct rite is prescribed here; the verse establishes the ocean’s tīrtha-status and the abundance of liṅgas within it.