Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

तत्र स्थित्वा महाक्षेत्रे कृत्वा मनसि निश्चयम् । लिंगं प्रतिष्ठयामास भक्त्या परमया युता

Transliteration

tatra sthitvā mahākṣetre kṛtvā manasi niścayam | liṃgaṃ pratiṣṭhayāmāsa bhaktyā paramayā yutā

Translation

ആ മഹാക്ഷേത്രത്തിൽ നിലകൊണ്ട്, ഹൃദയത്തിൽ ദൃഢനിശ്ചയം ചെയ്ത്, പരമഭക്തിയോടെ അവൾ ലിംഗം പ്രതിഷ്ഠിച്ചു।

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (स्थानवाचक क्रियाविशेषण) — indeclinable adverb of place

• स्थित्वा: having stayed
• स्थित्वा: Kriya (Gerundial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (अव्ययकृदन्त), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया — gerund/absolutive: "having stood/remained"

• महाक्षेत्रे: in the great sacred field
• महाक्षेत्रे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाक्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक: महा + क्षेत्र)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन — locative singular

• कृत्वा: having made
• कृत्वा: Kriya (Gerundial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (अव्ययकृदन्त), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया — gerund/absolutive: "having done/made"

• मनसि: in (her) mind
• मनसि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन — locative singular

• निश्चयम्: a resolve, determination
• निश्चयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निश्चय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — accusative singular

• लिङ्गम्: (Śiva-)liṅga
• लिङ्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — accusative singular

• प्रतिष्ठयामास: established
• प्रतिष्ठयामास: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति + स्था (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद — "he/she established"

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन — instrumental singular

• परमया: supreme, highest
• परमया: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परमा (प्रातिपदिक; परम्-विशेषण)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन — instrumental singular; विशेषण (qualifying भक्त्या)

• युता: endowed (with)
• युता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युत (प्रातिपदिक; √युज्)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle) used adjectivally; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — nominative singular; कर्तृविशेषण

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya; traditionally Sūta)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: In Prabhāsa’s sacred expanse, Bhū-devī (still in cow-form or resuming goddess-form) stands in focused meditation and installs a liṅga with offerings, surrounded by serene light.

Characters & Entities

• Prabhāsa-kṣetra
• Śiva-liṅga
• Dharitrī (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When devotion becomes resolute (niścaya), it naturally expresses itself through sacred acts like liṅga-pratiṣṭhā and worship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, described as a mahākṣetra where liṅga installation bears great spiritual fruit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Liṅga-pratiṣṭhā (installation/consecration of a Śiva-liṅga) performed with paramā-bhakti.