Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

षष्टिकोटि सहस्राणि ऋषीणामूर्द्ध्वरेतसाम् । तस्मिंल्लिंगे प्रविष्टानि ते घृताहुतिरिवानले

Transliteration

ṣaṣṭikoṭi sahasrāṇi ṛṣīṇāmūrddhvaretasām | tasmiṃlliṃge praviṣṭāni te ghṛtāhutirivānale

Translation

ऊर्ध्वरेता ऋषींची साठ कोटी सहस्र संख्या त्या लिंगात अशी प्रविष्ट झाली, जशी अग्नीत घृताहुती अर्पिली जाते।

Word by Word

• षष्टि: sixty
• षष्टि: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षष्टि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् संख्या; कोटि इति विशेषण (numeral)

• कोटि: crore (ten million)
• कोटि: Viśeṣya (Head of numeral phrase)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोटि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; संख्या-परिमाणवाचक

• सहस्राणि: thousands
• सहस्राणि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• ऋषीणाम्: of sages
• ऋषीणाम्: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), बहुवचन

• ऊर्ध्वरेतसाम्: of those with upward-retained semen (celibate)
• ऊर्ध्वरेतसाम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ऊर्ध्व + रेतस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (to ऋषीणाम्)

• तस्मिन्: in that
• तस्मिन्: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन

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

• प्रविष्टानि: entered
• प्रविष्टानि: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + विश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (Past Passive Participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सहस्राणि इति विशेष्येण सह

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• घृताहुतिः: ghee-offering (oblation of ghee)
• घृताहुतिः: Upamāna (Standard of comparison)
• Type: Noun
• Root: घृत + आहुति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; उपमा-उपमेयभावे

• इव: like/as
• इव: Upamā (Comparison marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमा-अव्यय (comparative particle)

• अनले: in fire
• अनले: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Someśvara liṅga (Somnātha) at Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A vast procession of radiant, ascetic sages with matted hair and luminous tapas enters the Someśvara liṅga, dissolving like streams of clarified butter into a blazing sacrificial fire; the scene is both cosmic and silent.

Characters & Entities

• Ṛṣis
• Liṅga
• Fire (anala)
• Ūrdhvaretas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Liṅga is depicted as a supreme spiritual reality into which even perfected sages are drawn, emphasizing its transcendent potency.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra’s Someśvara/Somnātha Liṅga (context of ‘that Liṅga’).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a narrative marvel illustrating the Liṅga’s spiritual magnetism.