Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

अन्ये च ऋषयश्चैव दिव्या देवर्षयस्तथा । न मुंचंति महाक्षेत्रं लिंगस्याराधनोद्यताः

Transliteration

anye ca ṛṣayaścaiva divyā devarṣayastathā | na muṃcaṃti mahākṣetraṃ liṃgasyārādhanodyatāḥ

Translation

മറ്റു ഋഷികളും ദിവ്യ ദേവർഷികളും—ലിംഗാരാധനയിൽ നിരതരായി—ആ മഹാക്ഷേത്രം ഉപേക്ഷിക്കുന്നില്ല.

Word by Word

• अन्ये: other
• अन्ये: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Plural); विशेषण (qualifying ऋषयः)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• ऋषयः: sages
• ऋषयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• एव: indeed/also
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• दिव्याः: divine
• दिव्याः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying देवर्षयः)

• देवर्षयः: divine sages (devarṣis)
• देवर्षयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव-ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (देवानां ऋषयः)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: रीत्यर्थक/समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय (adverb: likewise)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation particle)

• मुंचन्ति: leave/abandon
• मुंचन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; धातु: मुच् (to release/leave)

• महाक्षेत्रम्: the great sacred field (kṣetra)
• महाक्षेत्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा-क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (महच्च तत् क्षेत्रम्)

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

• आराधन: worship
• आराधन: Sambandha (Purpose/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आ-राध् (धातु) + अन (प्रत्यय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक (verbal noun/action noun); धातु: आ√राध् (to worship/propitiate)

• उद्यताः: intent/engaged
• उद्यताः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उद्-यत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; भूतकृदन्त (past participle) ‘उद्यत’ = तत्पर/प्रवृत्त (ready/engaged)

Speaker

Śiva (deduced from continuity)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A vast coastal sacred plain with a radiant liṅga-shrine; clusters of devarṣis and ṛṣis in matted locks and bark garments, holding kamaṇḍalus and rudrākṣas, absorbed in worship, refusing to depart the kṣetra.

Characters & Entities

• Ṛṣis
• Devarṣis
• Liṅga
• Prabhāsa Kṣetra (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion anchored in a great kṣetra becomes unwavering; worship of the Liṅga sustains continuous spiritual focus.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The “mahākṣetra” refers to Prabhāsa Kṣetra within the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Liṅga-ārādhana—devotional worship of Śiva in Liṅga form.