Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

ईश्वर उवाच । तत्रैव मानवं लिंगं मनुना संप्रतिष्ठितम् । पूर्वं हत्वा सुतं देवि मनुः पापसमन्वितः

Transliteration

īśvara uvāca | tatraiva mānavaṃ liṃgaṃ manunā saṃpratiṣṭhitam | pūrvaṃ hatvā sutaṃ devi manuḥ pāpasamanvitaḥ

Translation

ईश्वर म्हणाले—हे देवी, तेथेच मनूंनी विधिपूर्वक ‘मानव’ नामक लिंगाची प्रतिष्ठापना केली. पूर्वी, हे देवी, आपल्या पुत्राचा वध करून मनु पापयुक्त झाला होता।

Word by Word

• īśvaraḥ: Īśvara
• īśvaraḥ: Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (Nominative); एकवचन

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person); एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण-निपात (emphatic particle)

• mānavam: human (pertaining to Manu)
• mānavam: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mānava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (Accusative); एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying liṅgaṃ)

• liṅgam: liṅga (Śiva-emblem)
• liṅgam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (Accusative); एकवचन

• manunā: by Manu
• manunā: Karana (Agent-instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया (Instrumental); एकवचन

• saṃpratiṣṭhitam: was installed
• saṃpratiṣṭhitam: Kriya (Predicate participle/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-pra-sthā (धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया; एकवचन; कर्मणि-भावः (established/installed)

• pūrvam: formerly
• pūrvam: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: pūrvam (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक-नपुंसक)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (temporal adverb)

• hatvā: having killed
• hatvā: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: han (धातु) + ktvā (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive); पूर्वक्रिया (prior action)

• sutam: son
• sutam: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: suta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (Accusative); एकवचन

• devi: O Goddess
• devi: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन (Vocative); एकवचन

• manuḥ: Manu
• manuḥ: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (Nominative); एकवचन

• pāpasamanvitaḥ: endowed with sin
• pāpasamanvitaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pāpa-samanvita (प्रातिपदिक; पाप + समन्वित)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (Nominative); एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying manuḥ)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mānava-liṅga

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Manu, grief-stricken, installs the ‘Mānava’ liṅga; Śiva’s presence is felt as compassionate witness; Devī listens as Śiva narrates the backstory.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara (Śiva)
• Devī
• Manu
• Mānava-liṅga (Mānavīśvara)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even grave moral burden is addressed through repentance, sacred acts, and turning to Śiva in a consecrated tīrtha.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Mānavīśvara (the Mānava-liṅga) in Prabhāsa-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Liṅga-pratiṣṭhā (formal installation) is referenced as Manu’s sacred act.