Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 51

Devanagari script

अतीता ये चंद्रमसो भविष्यंति च येऽधुना । तेषां पूज्यमिदं लिंगं यावदन्योऽष्टवार्षिकः

Transliteration

atītā ye caṃdramaso bhaviṣyaṃti ca ye'dhunā | teṣāṃ pūjyamidaṃ liṃgaṃ yāvadanyo'ṣṭavārṣikaḥ

Translation

Bagi para Candra yang telah berlalu, yang akan datang, dan yang ada kini—liṅga ini hendaklah dipuja oleh mereka, sehingga muncul suatu perwujudan lain yang berusia lapan tahun.

Word by Word

• atītāḥ: past (ones)
• atītāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: atīta (कृदन्त; √i (धातु) + ati उपसर्ग)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त) — 'gone/past'

• ye: who/which (those)
• ye: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक सर्वनाम

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• candramasaḥ: of the Moon
• candramasaḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: candramas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• bhaviṣyanti: will be
• bhaviṣyanti: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• ye: who (those)
• ye: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• adhunā: now
• adhunā: Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: adhunā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (adverb of time)

• teṣām: of them
• teṣām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• pūjyam: worthy of worship
• pūjyam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pūjya (कृदन्त; √pūj (धातु))
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; कर्मणि कृदन्त (यत्) — 'to be worshipped'

• idam: this
• idam: Viśeṣya (Qualified noun/विशेष्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• liṅgam: liṅga (Śiva-emblem)
• liṅgam: Karma/Viṣaya (Object/विषय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• yāvat: until/as long as
• yāvat: Adhikaraṇa (Limit/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yāvat (अव्यय)
• Form: परिमाण/अवधिबोधक अव्यय (until/as long as)

• anyaḥ: another
• anyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• aṣṭavārṣikaḥ: eight-year-old
• aṣṭavārṣikaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: aṣṭa + vārṣika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (संख्यापूर्वक) ‘aṣṭa-vārṣika’ = ‘eight-year-old’

Speaker

Rudra/Śiva (continuing the boon/discourse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Somnātha liṅga in Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Soma-associated liṅga)

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A central liṅga radiates steady light while three temporal bands (past, present, future) show different ‘Candra’ figures approaching in worship. A subtle motif of an ‘eight-year-old’ divine manifestation is hinted as a future appearance.

Characters & Entities

• Candra/Soma
• Liṅga
• Somnātha (context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True sacred centers sustain worship across time; devotion is portrayed as an unbroken lineage linking past, present, and future.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Somnātha at Prabhāsa-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Liṅga-pūjā (worship of the liṅga) is prescribed as an ongoing duty for Soma’s lineage/forms.