Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

इदं त्वया स्थापितं यल्लिंगं परमशोभनम् । धरित्रीनाम्ना विख्यातं लोके ख्यातिं गमिष्यति

Transliteration

idaṃ tvayā sthāpitaṃ yalliṃgaṃ paramaśobhanam | dharitrīnāmnā vikhyātaṃ loke khyātiṃ gamiṣyati

Translation

നീ സ്ഥാപിച്ച ഈ പരമശോഭന ലിംഗം ‘ധരിത്രീ’ എന്ന നാമത്തിൽ ലോകത്തിൽ വിഖ്യാതിയായി പ്രസിദ്ധി പ്രാപിക്കും.

Word by Word

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — here: nominative singular (subject)

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Kartr (Agent in passive/कर्तृ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन — instrumental singular

• स्थापितम्: established, set up
• स्थापितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: णिच्-प्रयोग (स्थापयति) का क्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — agreeing with इदम्/लिङ्गम्

• यत्: which
• यत्: Sambandha (Relative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — relative pronoun; referring to लिङ्गम्

• लिङ्गम्: liṅga
• लिङ्गम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — here: nominative singular (apposition to इदम्)

• परमशोभनम्: supremely beautiful
• परमशोभनम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम + शोभन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — agreeing with लिङ्गम्; विशेषण

• धरित्रीनाम्ना: by the name ‘Dharitrī’
• धरित्रीनाम्ना: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धरित्री + नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (नामन्), तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन — instrumental singular; अर्थः "धरित्री-नाम्ना" = "by the name (of) Dharitrī"

• विख्यातम्: renowned, well-known
• विख्यातम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि + ख्या (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle) used adjectivally; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — agreeing with लिङ्गम्/इदम्

• लोके: in the world
• लोके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन — locative singular

• ख्यातिम्: fame
• ख्यातिम्: Gati-Karma (Goal/गत्यर्थकर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ख्याति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — accusative singular

• गमिष्यति: will attain
• गमिष्यति: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद — "will go/attain"

Speaker

Śiva (Rudra)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharitrī-liṅga (within Prabhāsa-kṣetra)

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis (frame audience)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devī completes the installation of a brilliant, jewel-like liṅga; priests/sages pour consecration waters; the liṅga shines with an aura, and a divine voice proclaims its name ‘Dharitrī’.

Characters & Entities

• Dharitrī-liṅga
• Dharitrī (Earth goddess)
• Śiva (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional acts performed in a great kṣetra become enduring sacred landmarks that guide future generations.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, specifically the Śiva-liṅga that will be famed as the Dharitrī-liṅga.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Liṅga-sthāpana (installation) is referenced as the founding sacred act behind the site’s fame.