Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 58

Devanagari script

तथा भाद्रपदे क्षेत्रे प्रभासे शशिभूषणम् । पूजयित्वा नरो लिंगं देवलिंगी भवेत्ततः

Transliteration

tathā bhādrapade kṣetre prabhāse śaśibhūṣaṇam | pūjayitvā naro liṃgaṃ devaliṃgī bhavettataḥ

Translation

ഭാദ്രപദത്തിൽ പ്രഭാസക്ഷേത്രത്തിൽ ‘ശശിഭൂഷണ’ ലിംഗത്തെ പൂജിച്ചാൽ, മനുഷ്യൻ പിന്നീട് ‘ദേവലിംഗി’—ദിവ്യ ലിംഗഭാവസമ്പന്നൻ—ആകുന്നു।

Word by Word

• तथा: likewise; thus
• तथा: Discourse adverb (अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रकार/अन्वयार्थक — ‘thus; likewise’

• भाद्रपदे: in (the month) Bhādrapada
• भाद्रपदे: Adhikarana (Time locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाद्रपद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन — ‘in Bhādrapada (month)’

• क्षेत्रे: in the sacred place
• क्षेत्रे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन — ‘in the sacred place/field’

• प्रभासे: at Prabhāsa
• प्रभासे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन — ‘at Prabhāsa’

• शशिभूषणम्: the moon-ornamented (Lord)
• शशिभूषणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शशि + भूषण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन — कर्मपद; ‘moon-ornamented (one)’ (epithet)

• पूजयित्वा: having worshipped
• पूजयित्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु) + क्त्वा (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive) — ‘having worshipped’

• नरः: a man; person
• नरः: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन — कर्तृपद

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

• देवलिङ्गी: a bearer of the divine liṅga
• देवलिङ्गी: Karta (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव + लिङ्गिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन — विधेय (predicate nominative); ‘one bearing the divine liṅga’

• भवेत्: becomes; would become
• भवेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — ‘would become’

• ततः: then; thereafter
• ततः: Discourse adverb (अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, तस्मात्-अर्थे/अनन्तरार्थे — ‘thereupon; then’

Speaker

Sūta (deduced, Prabhāsakhaṇḍa narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra; Śaśibhūṣaṇa-liṅga

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At Prabhāsa’s sacred precinct near the sea, devotees in Bhādrapada perform abhiṣeka to a moon-crested liṅga (Śaśibhūṣaṇa), with the crescent motif above; the worshipper is shown subtly transforming—radiant, adorned with divine marks—signifying ‘devalīṅgī’ state.

Characters & Entities

• Bhādrapada
• Prabhāsa
• Śaśibhūṣaṇa Liṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva-liṅga worship at Prabhāsa is celebrated as conferring an elevated, divine spiritual identity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, specifically the Śaśibhūṣaṇa liṅga shrine.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Worshipping (pūjā) the Śaśibhūṣaṇa liṅga at Prabhāsa during Bhādrapada.