Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

एतानि नव लिंगानि ग्रहाणां कथितानि ते । यः पश्यति नरो नित्यं तस्य पीडाभयं कुतः

Transliteration

etāni nava liṃgāni grahāṇāṃ kathitāni te | yaḥ paśyati naro nityaṃ tasya pīḍābhayaṃ kutaḥ

Translation

ഗ്രഹങ്ങളുടെ ഈ ഒമ്പത് ലിംഗങ്ങൾ നിനക്കു പറഞ്ഞിരിക്കുന്നു. നിത്യം അവയെ ദർശിക്കുന്ന മനുഷ്യന് പീഡാഭയം എവിടെ നിന്നുണ്ടാകും?

Word by Word

• एतानि: these
• एतानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• नव: nine
• नव: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नवन् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; संख्याविशेषणम् (लिङ्गानि)

• लिङ्गानि: lingas/emblems
• लिङ्गानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• ग्रहाणाम्: of the planets
• ग्रहाणाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्रह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन

• कथितानि: have been described
• कथितानि: Kriya (Predicative)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथ् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्तः—क्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘described/said’

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी (सम्प्रदान), एकवचन; ‘to you’ (enclitic)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक (relative pronoun)

• पश्यति: sees
• पश्यति: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पश् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचन

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावेन क्रियाविशेषण-प्रयोगः (accusative used adverbially)

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• पीडाभयम्: fear of affliction
• पीडाभयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पीडा-भय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (पीडायाः भयम्)

• कुतः: from where?/how could there be?
• कुतः: Kriya-visheshana (Interrogative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कुतः (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रश्नार्थक-अव्यय (interrogative adverb: ‘whence/how’)

Speaker

Unknown (narrative voice within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Navagraha-liṅgas of Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A procession-like sequence of nine small shrines or nine liṅgas in a single precinct, each marked by a graha symbol; a devotee completes a daily round with a mala and water pot, radiating confidence.

Characters & Entities

• Navagraha
• Liṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Regular darśana of sacred embodiments of Śiva aligned with the grahas removes fear and stabilizes life in dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, where the nine graha-liṅgas are praised.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Nitya-darśana—daily beholding (and by implication visiting/worshipping) the nine graha-liṅgas.