Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 48

Devanagari script

तस्माद्रुत्तरदिग्भागे धनदेन प्रतिष्ठितम् । लिंगं त्रैलोक्यविख्यातं तत्र देवी त्रिशूलिनी

Transliteration

tasmādruttaradigbhāge dhanadena pratiṣṭhitam | liṃgaṃ trailokyavikhyātaṃ tatra devī triśūlinī

Translation

ആ സ്ഥലത്തിന്റെ ഉത്തരദിക്കിൽ ധനദൻ (കുബേരൻ) പ്രതിഷ്ഠിച്ച ത്രൈലോക്യവിഖ്യാത ലിംഗം ഉണ്ട്. അവിടെയേ ദേവി ത്രിശൂലിനിയും വിരാജിക്കുന്നു.

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: from that (place)
• तस्मात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• उत्तर-दिग्-भागे: in the northern side-region
• उत्तर-दिग्-भागे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उत्तर (प्रातिपदिक) + दिक् (प्रातिपदिक) + भाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; समासः उत्तर + दिक् (कर्मधारय) ततः दिग्भाग (तत्पुरुष)

• धनदेन: by Dhanada (Kubera)
• धनदेन: Kartr-karana (Agent in passive/कर्ता-करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन

• प्रतिष्ठितम्: established
• प्रतिष्ठितम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; उपसर्गः प्रति-

• लिङ्गम्: liṅga
• लिङ्गम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• त्रैलोक्य-विख्यातम्: famous in the three worlds
• त्रैलोक्य-विख्यातम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रैलोक्य (प्रातिपदिक) + विख्यात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः त्रैलोक्ये विख्यातम् (सप्तमी-तत्पुरुष/‘famous in the three worlds’)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषणम्

• देवी: the Goddess
• देवी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• त्रिशूलिनी: trident-bearing
• त्रिशूलिनी: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रिशूलिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः—त्रिशूलः अस्ति यस्याः (‘she who has a trident’)

Speaker

Rudra (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dhanada-pratiṣṭhita-liṅga; Triśūlinī-sthāna (north of bilva-liṅga)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A famed liṅga shrine to the north, established by Kubera: Kubera depicted stout and jeweled, placing a liṅga; nearby stands the Goddess Triśūlinī with trident, protective and radiant.

Characters & Entities

• Rudra (Śiva)
• Dhanada (Kubera)
• Liṅga
• Devī Triśūlinī
• Vastrāpatha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The kṣetra unites Śiva and Devī worship; tīrthas become renowned because divine beings themselves establish and honor them.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A liṅga consecrated by Kubera (Dhanada) in the northern part of the Vastrāpatha region, alongside the presence of Devī Triśūlinī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is described; the verse identifies a prominent liṅga and associated Devī presence for pilgrimage.