Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 52

Devanagari script

एतस्मात्कारणादस्य भक्तिर्लिंगस्य चोपरि । मम नित्यं सभार्यस्य सत्यमेतद्ब्रवीमि वः

Transliteration

etasmātkāraṇādasya bhaktirliṃgasya copari | mama nityaṃ sabhāryasya satyametadbravīmi vaḥ

Translation

याच कारणाने माझी भक्ती नित्य या लिंगावर स्थिर आहे; आणि पत्नीसमवेत मी याची रोज सेवा-पूजा करतो—हे सत्य मी तुम्हांस सांगतो।

Word by Word

• एतस्मात्: from this
• एतस्मात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (ablative singular: from this)

• कारणात्: from the reason/cause
• कारणात्: Apadana (Cause/source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कारण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (neuter ablative singular: from the cause)

• अस्य: of this/of him
• अस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (genitive singular: of this/of him)

• भक्तिः: devotion
• भक्तिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (feminine nominative singular)

• लिङ्गस्य: of the liṅga
• लिङ्गस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (neuter genitive singular)

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• उपरि: upon/above
• उपरि: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उपरि (अव्यय)
• Form: देश/अधिकरण-अव्यय (adverb/preposition: above/upon)

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (genitive singular: my)

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययीभावे)
• Form: काल-अव्यय (adverb: always)

• सभार्यस्य: of me (being) with my wife
• सभार्यस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स + भार्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः ‘भार्या यस्य सः’ (of one who has a wife)

• सत्यम्: truth
• सत्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (neuter accusative singular)

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (this)

• ब्रवीमि: I say
• ब्रवीमि: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present), उत्तम-पुरुष, एकवचन (1st person singular): I say

• वः: to you (all)
• वः: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: चतुर्थी/षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (to you/your) — अत्र सम्प्रदानार्थे (dative sense)

Speaker

Narrator/Īśvara (contextual)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Somnātha/Someśvara liṅga at Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dvijottamas / sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A royal couple in humble posture before a black stone liṅga; they wash it with water/milk, offer bilva leaves and lamps; attendants hold vessels; the sanctum glows with steady light.

Characters & Entities

• Liṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Gratitude-born devotion matures into steady, daily worship, which sustains merit and spiritual orientation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa kṣetra’s Śaiva liṅga tradition (Somnātha/Someśvara milieu) within the Skanda Purana.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Nitya (daily) devotion and continued honoring/worship of the liṅga, implied as regular pūjā.