Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

तल्लिंगस्य प्रभावेन ततः कालाद्दिवं गतः । तस्मात्तत्र प्रयत्नेन गत्वा लिंगं प्रपूजयेत्

Transliteration

talliṃgasya prabhāvena tataḥ kālāddivaṃ gataḥ | tasmāttatra prayatnena gatvā liṃgaṃ prapūjayet

Translation

ആ ലിംഗത്തിന്റെ പ്രഭാവത്താൽ കാലാന്തരത്തിൽ അവൻ സ്വർഗ്ഗം പ്രാപിച്ചു. അതിനാൽ ഭക്തൻ പരിശ്രമത്തോടെ അവിടെ ചെന്നു ലിംഗത്തെ യഥാവിധി പൂജിക്കണം.

Word by Word

• तत्: of that
• तत्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सर्वनाम-विशेषणम् (pronoun used adjectivally)

• लिङ्गस्य: of the liṅga
• लिङ्गस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• प्रभावेन: by (its) power
• प्रभावेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; करण-निर्देशः

• ततः: then/thereupon
• ततः: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अव्यय-प्रकारः: अव्यय-क्रियाविशेषणम् (adverb: 'thereupon/then/from that')

• कालात्: from time (after some time)
• कालात्: Apadana (Ablative source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; अपादान-निर्देशः

• दिवम्: to heaven
• दिवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव्/द्यौस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (द्यौः), द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; गत्यर्थे कर्म

• गतः: (he) went
• गतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु) → गत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोगः (having gone)

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Adverbial (हेतु/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तस्मात् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक तद्)
• Form: अव्ययीभूत-तस्मात्; हेत्वर्थे अव्यय (therefore)

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

• प्रयत्नेन: with effort
• प्रयत्नेन: Karana (Instrument/means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रयत्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; साधन/प्रकार-निर्देशः

• गत्वा: having gone
• गत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु) → गत्वा (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), पूर्वकालिक-क्रिया (having gone)

• लिङ्गम्: the liṅga
• लिङ्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• प्रपूजयेत्: should worship
• प्रपूजयेत्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + पूज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/विधिलिङ्), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ajogandha-liṅga at Prabhāsa

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A luminous liṅga radiates subtle light; the king’s soul ascends toward svarga (symbolic upward path with celestial attendants). In the foreground, a narrator-like figure gestures in instruction: ‘Therefore go and worship.’

Characters & Entities

• Śiva Liṅga (Ajogandheśvara/Ajogandha)
• Heaven (Svarga)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred places are not merely symbolic—worship performed at a potent Liṅga-tīrtha yields transformative spiritual results.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Ajogandha/Ajogandheśvara Liṅga site within Prabhāsa Kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Tīrtha-yātrā (going there) followed by proper Liṅga-pūjā.