Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

तिष्येस्मिंस्तु पुनः प्राप्ते म्लेच्छस्पर्शभयातुरः । अस्मिंल्लिंगे लयं यातः केदारश्चाब्धिसंनिधौ

Transliteration

tiṣyesmiṃstu punaḥ prāpte mlecchasparśabhayāturaḥ | asmiṃlliṃge layaṃ yātaḥ kedāraścābdhisaṃnidhau

Translation

तिष्यकाल पुन्हा आला तेव्हा म्लेच्छ-स्पर्शाच्या भयाने व्याकुळ झालेला केदार समुद्रसन्निध या लिंगात लीन झाला।

Word by Word

• तिष्ये: in (the time of) Tiṣya
• तिष्ये: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तिष्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Locative singular (in the Tiṣya asterism/period)

• अस्मिन्: in this
• अस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Locative singular

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Sambandha (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरावृत्तिवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (again)

• प्राप्ते: having arrived, on arrival
• प्राप्ते: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र+आप् (धातु) → प्राप्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, क्त)
• Form: सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Locative absolute with तिष्ये अस्मिन् (when this Tiṣya had arrived)

• म्लेच्छस्पर्शभयातुरः: distressed by fear of contact with mlecchas
• म्लेच्छस्पर्शभयातुरः: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: म्लेच्छ (प्रातिपदिक) + स्पर्श (प्रातिपदिक) + भय (प्रातिपदिक) + आतुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (म्लेच्छस्पर्शस्य भयेन आतुरः)

• अस्मिन्: in this
• अस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Locative singular

• लिङ्गे: in the liṅga
• लिङ्गे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Locative singular

• लयम्: dissolution, absorption
• लयम्: Gati-Karma (Goal/गतिकर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Accusative singular

• यातः: went, entered
• यातः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु) → यात (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, क्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; used predicatively (has gone/entered)

• केदारः: Kedāra
• केदारः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: केदार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Proper noun

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• अब्धिसंनिधौ: near the ocean
• अब्धिसंनिधौ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अब्धि (प्रातिपदिक) + संनिधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (अब्धेः संनिधौ = near the ocean)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra (Prabhāsa coastal liṅga)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (addressed in nearby verses)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A coastal liṅga shrine at Prabhāsa: waves and sea-spray behind; the deity ‘Kedāra’ dissolving into the liṅga as a luminous form, while devotees stand at a distance in awe; a calendrical marker of Tiṣya season in the sky.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara (Śiva)
• Kedāra
• Tiṣya
• Mleccha
• Ocean (abdhi)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The tīrtha’s sanctity is portrayed as living and self-protecting, withdrawing and re-manifesting according to cosmic time and dharmic conditions.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra-liṅga near the sea (abdhi-saṃnidhi) in Prabhāsakṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription; it provides sacred history explaining Kedāra’s merging into the liṅga near the ocean.