Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

समीपे तु समुद्रस्य स्पर्शलिंगस्वरूपवान् । प्रसादयामास विभुं प्रसन्नेनांतरात्मना

Transliteration

samīpe tu samudrasya sparśaliṃgasvarūpavān | prasādayāmāsa vibhuṃ prasannenāṃtarātmanā

Translation

समुद्राजवळ तो स्पर्शलिंगस्वरूपाने (त्याची उपासना करीत) राहिला आणि प्रसन्न, शुद्ध अंतरात्म्याने सर्वव्यापी विभूला प्रसन्न करू लागला.

Word by Word

• समीपे: near, in the vicinity
• समीपे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: समीप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण (locative of place)

• तु: but, indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), विरोध/अन्वयार्थक

• समुद्रस्य: of the ocean
• समुद्रस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: समुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive)

• स्पर्शलिङ्गस्वरूपवान्: having the form of the Sparśa-liṅga
• स्पर्शलिङ्गस्वरूपवान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्पर्श-लिङ्ग-स्वरूप-वत् (प्रातिपदिक); घटकाः: स्पर्श + लिङ्ग + स्वरूप + वत्
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier)

• प्रसादयामास: propitiated, pleased
• प्रसादयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-√सद् (धातु) causative √सादय्; प्रसादयामास = प्रसादयत् + आमास
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/परोक्षभूत), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; causative sense (णिच्)

• विभुम्: the Lord, the all-pervading one
• विभुम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्म (object)

• प्रसन्नेन: with a pleased (mind)
• प्रसन्नेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रसन्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; करण (instrumental)

• अन्तरात्मना: with his inner self, inwardly
• अन्तरात्मना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तरात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; करण/सह (instrumental of manner)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sparśa-liṅga (Prabhāsa)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On the seashore, Chandra worships the Sparśa-liṅga, hands extended in reverent touch, eyes lowered; the ocean behind, and a subtle aura of Śiva’s all-pervading presence.

Characters & Entities

• Samudra (ocean)
• Sparśa-liṅga
• Śiva (Vibhu)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True worship is both external (liṅga-upāsanā at a tīrtha) and internal (a serene, purified heart).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A coastal sacred point in Prabhāsa-kṣetra, associated with the Sparśa-liṅga near the ocean.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Liṅga-upāsanā/propitiation of Śiva at the Sparśa-liṅga; the verse emphasizes the inner disposition rather than a detailed rite.