Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

तुष्टः श्रीशंकरो देवो लिंग वासवरेण तु । कोटियज्ञफलं स्नाने प्राच्यां लिंगस्य पूजने

Transliteration

tuṣṭaḥ śrīśaṃkaro devo liṃga vāsavareṇa tu | koṭiyajñaphalaṃ snāne prācyāṃ liṃgasya pūjane

Translation

പ്രസന്നനായ ശ്രീശങ്കരദേവൻ അരുളിച്ചെയ്തു—ലിംഗവാസവരത്തിൽ സ്നാനം ചെയ്ത്, കിഴക്കുദിക്കിൽ (സരസ്വതീമുഖമായി) ലിംഗപൂജ ചെയ്താൽ കോടി യജ്ഞഫലം ലഭിക്കും.

Word by Word

• तुष्टः: pleased
• तुष्टः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुष् (धातु) → तुष्ट (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• श्रीशंकरः: Śrī Śaṅkara
• श्रीशंकरः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री + शंकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय (honorific: ‘Śrī-Śaṅkara’)

• देवः: the god
• देवः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; apposition to subject

• लिङ्गम्: liṅga (Śiva-emblem)
• लिङ्गम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• वासवरेण: by Vāsavara (proper name)
• वासवरेण: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासवरेण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; करण (agent/instrument phrase)

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण/विरोधार्थक (particle: ‘indeed/but’)

• कोटियज्ञफलम्: the merit/result of crores of sacrifices
• कोटियज्ञफलम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोटि + यज्ञ + फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (fruit/result of crores of sacrifices)

• स्नाने: in bathing
• स्नाने: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• प्राच्याम्: in the Prācī (eastern river/region)
• प्राच्याम्: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राची (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; स्थानवाचक (in the eastern [Sarasvatī])

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

• पूजने: in worship
• पूजने: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूजन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (reporting Śiva’s proclamation; deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (eastern quarter liṅga-pūjā site)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis (e.g., Śaunaka and others) / tīrtha-yātrā listeners (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śaṅkara, pleased, proclaims the extraordinary fruit of bathing at Prabhāsa and worshipping the liṅga in the eastern quarter; pilgrims stand at the water’s edge with offerings, the sea-horizon glowing in the east-facing ritual space.

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Śaṅkara (Śiva)
• Liṅga
• Snāna
• Pūjā
• Prabhāsakṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage practices—snāna and liṅga-pūjā—when done in a consecrated kṣetra, can equal vast Vedic sacrificial merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Prabhāsa locale described in this adhyāya, especially the eastern sector associated with the Liṅga and sacred bathing.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) and Liṅga-pūjā (worship of Śiva’s emblem), yielding koṭi-yajña-phala.