Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 85

Devanagari script

इन्द्र उवाच । सहितैस्तत्र गंतव्यं पूजयिष्ये भवं स्वयम् । जालिमध्ये तथा लिंगं दर्शयस्व च लुब्धक

Transliteration

indra uvāca | sahitaistatra gaṃtavyaṃ pūjayiṣye bhavaṃ svayam | jālimadhye tathā liṃgaṃ darśayasva ca lubdhaka

Translation

ഇന്ദ്രൻ പറഞ്ഞു— “നാം എല്ലാവരും ഒരുമിച്ച് അവിടേക്ക് പോകണം; ഞാൻ തന്നേ ഭവനെ (ശിവനെ) പൂജിക്കും. കൂടാതെ, വേട്ടക്കാരാ, ജാളിയുടെ ഉള്ളിലെ ആ ലിംഗവും കാണിച്ചു തരിക.”

Word by Word

• इन्द्रः: Indra
• इन्द्रः: Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Speech act/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect); प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सहितैः: together with (others)
• सहितैः: Karana (Instrument/means/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहित (प्रातिपदिक; सह + क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), बहुवचन; ‘with companions’

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Locative setting/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

• गन्तव्यम्: should be gone / must go
• गन्तव्यम्: Kriya (Obligation/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त; तव्यत्-प्रत्यय (gerundive/obligative); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; भावे प्रयोगः (impersonal obligation)

• पूजयिष्ये: I will worship
• पूजयिष्ये: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future); उत्तमपुरुष (1st person); एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• भवम्: Bhava (Śiva)
• भवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• स्वयम्: myself
• स्वयम्: Karta (Agent emphasis/कर्ता)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; आत्मवाचक (reflexive adverb)

• जालिमध्ये: in the midst of Jāli
• जालिमध्ये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जालि (प्रातिपदिक) + मध्ये (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तथा: likewise/also
• तथा: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (adverb: thus/likewise)

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

• दर्शयस्व: show (me)
• दर्शयस्व: Kriya (Command/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु) + णिच् (causative)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative); मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person); एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; णिजन्त (causative)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• लुब्धक: O hunter
• लुब्धक: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लुब्धक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; संबोधन-प्रथमा (Vocative), एकवचन

Speaker

Indra

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra (Jālī-liṅga)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Lūbdhaka (hunter)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Indra declares the plan to proceed with companions to Vastrāpatha and worship Bhava himself; he asks the hunter to point out the liṅga within Jālī—moment of decisive departure.

Characters & Entities

• Indra
• Bhava (Śiva)
• Jāli
• Liṅga
• Lubdhaka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even the king of gods seeks merit through humble pilgrimage and direct worship of Śiva at a tīrtha.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Vastrāpatha Kṣetra—specifically the liṅga located in Jāli.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Going together to the site (tīrtha-yātrā) and performing Bhava/Śiva-pūjā, along with liṅga-darśana.