Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

यत्र वै यादवाः सिद्धाः कलौ ये बुद्धिरूपिणः । शतसहस्रार्बुदं च लिंगं तत्रैव तिष्ठति

Transliteration

yatra vai yādavāḥ siddhāḥ kalau ye buddhirūpiṇaḥ | śatasahasrārbudaṃ ca liṃgaṃ tatraiva tiṣṭhati

Translation

കലിയുഗത്തിൽ ബുദ്ധിരൂപികളായി സിദ്ധരായ യാദവർ വസിക്കുന്നിടത്തുതന്നെ ‘ശതസഹസ്രാർബുദ’ എന്ന പവിത്ര ലിംഗവും നിലകൊള്ളുന്നു।

Word by Word

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (relative locative adverb)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Emphasis (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• यादवाः: Yādavas
• यादवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यादव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन

• सिद्धाः: accomplished/perfected
• सिद्धाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सिद्ध (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP) ‘accomplished’; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (यादवाः)

• कलौ: in the Kali age
• कलौ: Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कलि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन

• ये: who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक

• बुद्धिरूपिणः: having the form of intellect; wise in nature
• बुद्धिरूपिणः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बुद्धि + रूपिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन; समासः—बुद्धेः रूपम् (बुद्धिरूप) + इन् (रूपिन्)

• शतसहस्रार्बुदम्: a hundred-thousand-arbuda (an immense number)
• शतसहस्रार्बुदम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Quantifier of liṅgam)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत + सहस्र + अर्बुद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन; संख्यासमाहारद्वन्द्वः (a collective number)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक निपात (conjunction)

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

• तत्रैव: right there
• तत्रैव: Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र + एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तत्र (there) + एव (just/indeed)

• तिष्ठति: stands/remains
• तिष्ठति: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śatasahasrārbuda-liṅga (at Vastrāpatha)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sacred coastal kṣetra with Yādava sages/warriors rendered as luminous figures of awakened intellect; at the center a towering ancient liṅga named Śatasahasrārbuda, with pilgrims offering water and bilva leaves.

Characters & Entities

• Yādavas
• Kali Yuga
• Śiva-liṅga (Śatasahasrārbuda)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even in Kali Yuga, sanctity persists through siddha lineages and enduring liṅgas that anchor spiritual power in place.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The location associated with the Yādava siddhas, where the Śatasahasrārbuda liṅga is स्थापित/abiding (within the Raivataka/Vastrāpatha sacred circuit).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is stated; the verse primarily identifies a sanctified presence (siddhas and a named liṅga) implying darśana and reverence.