Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

उन्नामितं पुनस्तत्र यत्र लिंगं महोदये । तदुन्नतमिति प्रोक्तं स्थानं स्थानवतां वरम्

Transliteration

unnāmitaṃ punastatra yatra liṃgaṃ mahodaye | tadunnatamiti proktaṃ sthānaṃ sthānavatāṃ varam

Translation

മഹോദയത്തിൽ എവിടെ ലിംഗം ഉയർത്തപ്പെട്ടുവോ, ആ സ്ഥലം ‘ഉന്നതം’ എന്നു പ്രസിദ്ധം—പുണ്യസ്ഥാനങ്ങളിൽ ശ്രേഷ്ഠം।

Word by Word

• उन्नामितम्: raised, lifted up
• उन्नामितम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उद्+नाम् (धातु) → उन्नामित (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; सन्दर्भे ‘लिङ्गम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: पुनरुक्ति/पुनः-कालवाचक-अव्यय (again)

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

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बन्धबोधक-अव्यय (relative adverb: where)

• लिङ्गम्: the liṅga (emblem)
• लिङ्गम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• महोदये: in Mahodaya (place/time-name)
• महोदये: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महोदय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; ‘महोदये (स्थाने/काले)’

• तत्: that
• तत्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘स्थानम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• उन्नतम्: ‘Unnata’ (the elevated)
• उन्नतम्: Viśeṣya/Name (नाम/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उन्नत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; नामरूपेण ‘उन्नतम्’ इति

• इति: thus, as
• इति: Sambandha-bodhaka (Quotation marker/इति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• प्रोक्तम्: is called/was said
• प्रोक्तम्: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र+वच् (धातु) → प्रोक्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘(स्थानम्) प्रोक्तम्’

• स्थानम्: the place
• स्थानम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• स्थानवताम्: of those having places (holy sites)
• स्थानवताम्: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थानवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; ‘स्थानवत्’ = स्थानं यस्यास्ति सः (possessor of places)

• वरम्: best, excellent
• वरम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘स्थानम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Unnata

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At dawn of ‘Mahodaya’, sages and pilgrims witness a Śiva-liṅga being ritually ‘raised’ or revealed at a sanctified spot called Unnata; banners, lamps, and conch-sounds frame the moment.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Pārvatī
• Liṅga
• Mahodaya
• Unnata

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha becomes ‘supreme’ through a divine manifestation—here, the elevation of the Liṅga marks the site’s exceptional sanctity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Unnata, associated with Mahodaya and a Liṅga that was ‘raised up’ (unnāmita).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is stated; the verse defines the site and its sanctifying event.