Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

राहुलिंगस्य चाभ्याशे लिंगं धनदनिर्मितम् । धनदत्वं च संप्राप्तो यत्र तप्त्वा महत्तपः

Transliteration

rāhuliṃgasya cābhyāśe liṃgaṃ dhanadanirmitam | dhanadatvaṃ ca saṃprāpto yatra taptvā mahattapaḥ

Translation

രാഹുലിംഗത്തിനടുത്ത് ധനദൻ (കുബേരൻ) നിർമ്മിച്ച ഒരു ലിംഗം ഉണ്ട്. അവിടെ മഹത്തപസ്സ് ചെയ്ത് അദ്ദേഹം ‘ധനദ’ എന്ന ധനാധിപതിപദം നേടി.

Word by Word

• rāhuliṅgasya: of the Rāhu-liṅga
• rāhuliṅgasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāhu-liṅga (प्रातिपदिक; राहु + लिङ्ग)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• abhyāśe: near/in the vicinity
• abhyāśe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: abhyāśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरणे

• liṅgam: a liṅga
• liṅgam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; वाक्ये कर्म/उद्देश्य (context: object of implied ‘asti/vidyate’)

• dhanadanirmitam: made by Dhanada (Kubera)
• dhanadanirmitam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dhanada-nirmita (प्रातिपदिक; धनद + निर्मित)
• Form: क्त (PPP) from √mā (निर्मा/मा ‘to make’) with उपसर्ग नि-; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; विशेषणम् (liṅgam)

• dhanadatvam: the state of being Dhanada (Kubera-hood)
• dhanadatvam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhanada-tva (प्रातिपदिक; धनद + त्व)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्म

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• saṃprāptaḥ: attained/obtained
• saṃprāptaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-√prāp (धातु)
• Form: क्त (PPP) from √prāp with उपसर्ग सम्-; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्तृ-विशेषणम् (implicit subject: he/Kubera)

• yatra: where
• yatra: Adhikarana (Relative location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सम्बन्ध-प्रश्न/स्थानवाचक (relative adverb ‘where’)

• taptvā: having practiced (austerity)
• taptvā: Kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: tap (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive); ‘having performed austerity’

• mahat: great
• mahat: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (tapaḥ)

• tapaḥ: austerity
• tapaḥ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tapas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्म (object of taptvā)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) (continued narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dhanadeśvara-liṅga (Kubera-kṛta) near Rāhuliṅga, within Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and other ṛṣis (standard Naimiṣāraṇya frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A coastal sacred grove of Prabhāsa with two liṅgas—Rāhuliṅga nearby and a gleaming, jewel-like liṅga fashioned by Kubera; Kubera performs severe tapas with attendants holding lamps and offerings; the sea-breeze and temple flags frame the sanctum.

Characters & Entities

• Rāhuliṅga
• Dhanada (Kubera)
• Liṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tapas and devotion centered on a Śiva-Liṅga transform destiny—spiritual merit can culminate even in worldly stewardship like wealth and guardianship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A Liṅga near Rāhuliṅga in Prabhāsa Kṣetra, associated with Kubera (Dhanada).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Tapas (austerity) is highlighted as the means by which Kubera attained his station.