Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

प्रतिष्ठाप्य महल्लिंगं संपूज्य विधिना ततः । प्रविवेशाथ देवेशि स्नानार्थं च महोदधौ

Transliteration

pratiṣṭhāpya mahalliṃgaṃ saṃpūjya vidhinā tataḥ | praviveśātha deveśi snānārthaṃ ca mahodadhau

Translation

മഹാലിംഗം പ്രതിഷ്ഠിച്ച് വിധിപൂർവ്വം സമ്പൂർണ്ണമായി പൂജിച്ച ശേഷം, ഹേ ദേവേശി, അവൾ സ്നാനാർത്ഥം മഹോദധിയിൽ പ്രവേശിച്ചു.

Word by Word

• प्रतिष्ठाप्य: having स्थापित/installed
• प्रतिष्ठाप्य: Kriya-viseshana (पूर्वकाले)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति-स्था (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त/ल्यबन्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), पूर्वकाले कृत्य (having established)

• महत्-लिङ्गम्: the great liṅga
• महत्-लिङ्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक) + लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय (महच्च तत् लिङ्गम्)

• संपूज्य: having duly worshipped
• संपूज्य: Kriya-viseshana (पूर्वकाले)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-पूज् (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त/ल्यबन्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), पूर्वकाले कृत्य (having worshipped)

• विधिना: by the prescribed rite
• विधिना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kriya-viseshana (काल/क्रम)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, काल/क्रमवाचक (then/thereafter)

• प्रविवेश: entered
• प्रविवेश: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-विश् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• अथ: then
• अथ: Kriya-viseshana (क्रम)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रमवाचक/सम्बन्धसूचक (now/then)

• देवेशि: O goddess (Deveśī)
• देवेशि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवेशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• स्नान-अर्थम्: for bathing
• स्नान-अर्थम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (स्नानस्य अर्थः)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चयार्थक (conjunction)

• महा-उदधौ: in the great ocean
• महा-उदधौ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + उदधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय (महान् उदधिः)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arghyeśvara at Prabhāsa; Prabhāsa-samudra-snān

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devī completes liṅga installation and full worship with lamps and flowers; then walks into the ocean for snān, waves touching her feet, attendants holding cloth and vessels.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Mahalliṅga
• Mahodadhi (ocean)
• Pratiṣṭhā
• Pūjā
• Snāna

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual life integrates temple worship and tīrtha bathing—devotion is expressed through both consecration and purification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Arghyeśvara’s great liṅga and the Mahodadhi (ocean) at Prabhāsa Kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Install the liṅga, perform complete worship by vidhi, and then undertake snāna in the sacred ocean.