Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

प्रतिष्ठाप्य महादेवं शिवभक्तिपरायणः । न तुतोष हरस्तस्य वहुवर्षगणार्चितः

Transliteration

pratiṣṭhāpya mahādevaṃ śivabhaktiparāyaṇaḥ | na tutoṣa harastasya vahuvarṣagaṇārcitaḥ

Translation

त्याने महादेवाची प्रतिष्ठा करून शिवभक्तीत पूर्ण तल्लीन होऊन अनेक वर्षे पूजा केली; तरीही हर त्याच्यावर संतुष्ट झाला नाही।

Word by Word

• प्रतिष्ठाप्य: having installed
• प्रतिष्ठाप्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति + स्था (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप्/क्त्वा-समकक्ष अव्यय-कृदन्त (gerund); ‘प्रतिष्ठाप्य’ = प्रतिष्ठाप्य/स्थापयित्वा

• महादेवम्: Mahādeva (Śiva)
• महादेवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महादेव (प्रातिपदिक; महा + देव)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः कर्मधारयः

• शिवभक्तिपरायणः: devoted to devotion to Śiva
• शिवभक्तिपरायणः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शिवभक्तिपरायण (प्रातिपदिक; शिव + भक्ति + परायण)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (मंकि इत्यस्य); समासः तत्पुरुषः (शिवे भक्तिः यस्यां सा; तस्यां परायणः)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध-निपात (negation)

• तुतोष: was pleased; became satisfied
• तुतोष: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तुष् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• हरः: Hara (Śiva)
• हरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तस्य: of him; with him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• बहुवर्षगणार्चितः: worshipped for many years (in multitudes of years)
• बहुवर्षगणार्चितः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहुवर्षगणार्चित (प्रातिपदिक; बहु + वर्ष + गण + अर्चित)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (हरः इत्यस्य); समासः तत्पुरुषः (बहूनि वर्षगणानि यावत् अर्चितः)

Speaker

Narrative voice (continuing Īśvara’s account)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Maṃki-liṅga at Prabhāsa (as implied by episode)

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Maṃkir installs a liṅga of Mahādeva and performs prolonged worship—offerings, lamps, water, bilva—yet the deity remains inscrutable; the devotee’s posture shows unwavering devotion mixed with quiet strain.

Characters & Entities

• Mahādeva (Śiva)
• Hara (Śiva)
• Maṃkir

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Long worship is not merely about duration; inner maturity and the right mode of offering also matter for divine satisfaction.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where installation and worship of Mahādeva are presented as powerful practices.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pratiṣṭhā (installation/consecration) of Mahādeva and sustained arcana (worship) rooted in Śiva-bhakti.