Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

गारुडं भूततंत्रं च खेचर्यो व्यंतरीस्तथा । ते सर्वे सह योगेन तस्माल्लिंगात्समुत्थिताः

Transliteration

gāruḍaṃ bhūtataṃtraṃ ca khecaryo vyaṃtarīstathā | te sarve saha yogena tasmālliṃgātsamutthitāḥ

Translation

ഗാരുഡവിദ്യയും ഭൂതതന്ത്രവും, കൂടാതെ ഖേചരികളും വ്യന്തരികളും—ഇവയെല്ലാം യോഗശക്തിയോടുകൂടി ആ ലിംഗത്തിൽ നിന്നുതന്നെ ഉദ്ഭവിച്ചതായി പറയുന്നു।

Word by Word

• गारुडम्: Gāruḍa (Garuda-related lore/rite)
• गारुडम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गारुड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• भूततन्त्रम्: bhūta-tantra (spirit/demon lore)
• भूततन्त्रम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूत + तन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• खेचर्यः: khecarīs (sky-moving beings/powers)
• खेचर्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: खेचरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• व्यन्तरीः: vyantarīs (a class of beings)
• व्यन्तरीः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यन्तरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• तथा: also/likewise
• तथा: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (adverb: likewise)

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (to ते)

• सह: together/with
• सह: Sahārtha (Accompaniment marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: सहकार-अव्यय (preposition-like: with)

• योगेन: by/with yoga
• योगेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन

• तस्मात्: from that
• तस्मात्: Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative), एकवचन

• लिङ्गात्: from the liṅga
• लिङ्गात्: Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• समुत्थिताः: arose/issued forth
• समुत्थिताः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + उत् + स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (Past Passive Participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ते सर्वे इत्यस्य विधेय

Speaker

Śiva (addressing Devī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Someśvara at Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A liṅga radiating streams that become scrolls of Garuḍa-lore and bhūta-tantra; yoginīs/khecarīs appear in the sky-path, while vyantarī beings hover at the margins, all subdued by the central Śiva-tejas.

Characters & Entities

• Someśvara
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra
• Liṅga
• Gāruḍa
• Bhūta-tantra
• Khecarī
• Vyantarī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The kṣetra’s sanctity is depicted as so intense that even specialized yogic and esoteric disciplines are traced back to the divine presence of the Liṅga.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Someśvara Liṅga at Prabhāsa-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated; the focus is on the place’s inherent spiritual and yogic efficacy.