Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

क्षयरोगविनिर्मुक्तस्ततोऽभून्मृगलांछनः । प्रतिष्ठाप्य महालिंगं सुरासुरनमस्कृतम्

Transliteration

kṣayarogavinirmuktastato'bhūnmṛgalāṃchanaḥ | pratiṣṭhāpya mahāliṃgaṃ surāsuranamaskṛtam

Translation

क्षयरोगातून मुक्त होऊन तो ‘मृगलाञ्छन’ म्हणून प्रसिद्ध झाला। देव-दानवांनी नमस्कार केलेल्या महालिंगाची त्याने प्रतिष्ठा केली।

Word by Word

• क्षयरोगविनिर्मुक्तः: freed from consumption/disease
• क्षयरोगविनिर्मुक्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्षय + रोग + विनिर्मुक्त (कृदन्त; मुच् धातोः क्त, वि-निर्-उपसर्ग)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (freed from)

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kriya-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रमवाचक (then)

• अभूत्: became
• अभूत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• मृगलाञ्छनः: the one marked with a deer (the Moon)
• मृगलाञ्छनः: Karta (Subject complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृग + लाञ्छन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• प्रतिष्ठाप्य: having installed
• प्रतिष्ठाप्य: Kriya-viśeṣaṇa (Converb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति-स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund): having स्थापित/installed

• महालिङ्गम्: the great liṅga
• महालिङ्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• सुरासुरनमस्कृतम्: revered by gods and demons
• सुरासुरनमस्कृतम्: Karma (Qualifier of object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुर + असुर + नमस्कृत (कृदन्त; नमस्-कृ धातोः क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (worshipped by gods and asuras)

Speaker

Śiva (deduced from immediate section-dialogue context; explicit in next adhyāya opening)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Guptēśvara/Mahāliṅga at Prabhāsa (as implied by narrative)

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis in the Naimiṣa frame; narrative continues toward Devī-address in subsequent verse

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Soma, now radiant and marked as Mṛgalāñchana, installs a majestic liṅga; devas and asuras alike bow in reverence around the sanctified spot.

Characters & Entities

• Guptēśvara Liṅga
• Śiva (implied)
• Devas
• Asuras
• Mṛgalāñchana

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva’s grace transforms suffering into sanctity: healing becomes the ground for consecration and enduring devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, in the Guptēśvara context of Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Liṅga-pratiṣṭhā (the consecration/installation of a Śiva-liṅga).