Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

यद्भुक्तिशिखरे देवि सीमालिंगं हि तत्स्मृतम् । दशकोटिस्तु तीर्थानि तत्र संति वरान ने

Transliteration

yadbhuktiśikhare devi sīmāliṃgaṃ hi tatsmṛtam | daśakoṭistu tīrthāni tatra saṃti varāna ne

Translation

ഹേ ദേവീ, ഭുക്തിശിഖര ശിഖരത്തിൽ ‘സീമാലിംഗം’ എന്നു സ്മരിക്കപ്പെടുന്നു. ഹേ വരാനനേ, അവിടെ ദശകോടി തീർത്ഥങ്ങൾ ഉണ്ട്.

Word by Word

• यत्: which
• यत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)

• भुक्तिशिखरे: on the peak called Bhukti
• भुक्तिशिखरे: Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भुक्ति + शिखर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; समासः—भुक्तेः शिखरम् (भुक्तिशिखर)

• देवि: O goddess
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-प्रथमा (Vocative), एकवचन

• सीमालिङ्गम्: the boundary-liṅga (marker-liṅga)
• सीमालिङ्गम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सीमा + लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन; समासः—सीमायाः लिङ्गम्

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha/Emphasis (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अव्यय; हेत्वर्थ/निश्चयार्थ

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; निर्देश (demonstrative)

• स्मृतम्: is known/called
• स्मृतम्: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्मृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (Past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘is called/remembered’

• दशकोटिः: ten crores
• दशकोटिः: Saṅkhyā/Parimāṇa (Quantifier)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दश + कोटि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; द्विगुसमासः (संख्यापूर्वक)

• तु: but/and
• तु: Sambandha/Contrast (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (contrastive particle)

• तीर्थानि: tīrthas
• तीर्थानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (locative adverb)

• सन्ति: are
• सन्ति: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• वरानने: O fair-faced one
• वरानने: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर + आनन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-प्रथमा (Vocative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः—वरम् आननम् यस्याः (वरानना)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bhuktiśikhara (Sīmāliṅga)

Type: peak

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (addressed as ‘devi’, ‘varānane’)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At the summit named Bhuktiśikhara, a simple yet radiant liṅga (Sīmāliṅga) stands; around it are many small tīrtha pools/markers, suggesting ‘ten crores’ of sacred points; pilgrims arrive breathless and reverent.

Characters & Entities

• Bhuktiśikhara
• Sīmāliṅga
• Tīrtha
• Devī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva-liṅgas situated on sacred peaks function as spiritual centers surrounded by vast tīrtha-merit, magnifying the value of pilgrimage.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Bhuktiśikhara peak and the Sīmāliṅga, along with the immense tīrtha cluster located there.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit act is stated here beyond the implied pilgrimage/darśana of the liṅga and tīrtha-sevana.