Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

यस्मान्माहेश्वरं लिंगं त्वद्भक्त्या सहसोत्थितम् । पूजयेस्तन्महाभागे ततः कांतमवाप्स्यसि

Transliteration

yasmānmāheśvaraṃ liṃgaṃ tvadbhaktyā sahasotthitam | pūjayestanmahābhāge tataḥ kāṃtamavāpsyasi

Translation

നിന്റെ ഭക്തിയുടെ ശക്തിയാൽ ഈ മാഹേശ്വര ലിംഗം പെട്ടെന്നു ഉദ്ഭവിച്ചു, ഹേ മഹാഭാഗ്യവതീ; ഈ ലിംഗത്തെ പൂജിക്ക, അപ്പോൾ നീ നിന്റെ പ്രിയനെ പ്രാപിക്കും।

Word by Word

• यस्मात्: because/from which
• यस्मात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (अपादान), एकवचन

• माहेश्वरम्: Maheśvara’s
• माहेश्वरम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: माहेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (लिङ्गम्)

• लिङ्गम्: liṅga
• लिङ्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन

• त्वत्: your
• त्वत्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-एकवचनार्थे (तव) अव्ययवत्-प्रयोगः; समासपूर्वपद (त्वद्-)

• भक्त्या: by devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), एकवचन

• सहसा: suddenly
• सहसा: Avyaya (Adverb/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहसा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण

• उत्थितम्: arisen
• उत्थितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत् + स्था (धातु) → उत्थित (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (लिङ्गम्)

• पूजयेत्: you should worship
• पूजयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; निर्देश

• महाभागे: O fortunate one
• महाभागे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; समासः बहुव्रीहिः (महान् भागः यस्याः)

• ततः: then/thereafter
• ततः: Avyaya (Connector/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; हेतौ/अनन्तरार्थे (thereupon/then)

• कान्तम्: (your) beloved/husband
• कान्तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कान्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन

• अवाप्स्यसि: you will obtain
• अवाप्स्यसि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव + आप् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्/Future), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

Speaker

Devadūta (divine messenger)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāmeśvara-liṅga (incipient; named later)

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: An unseen divine messenger’s instruction is conveyed as the devotee beholds (or is led toward) a freshly manifested liṅga; the air is charged with sanctity, suggesting that devotion itself has made the liṅga arise.

Characters & Entities

• Maheśvara (Śiva)
• Liṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion (bhakti) expressed through Śiva-liṅga worship becomes a direct means to attain one’s rightful, cherished goal.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, within the Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya of the Skanda Purāṇa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pūjā (worship) of the Maheśvara Liṅga that manifested through devotion.