Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

कोटयश्चैव पंचाशन्मुनीनामूर्द्ध्वरेतसाम् । उमापतिं समासाद्य लिंगं तत्रैव संस्थितम्

Transliteration

koṭayaścaiva paṃcāśanmunīnāmūrddhvaretasām | umāpatiṃ samāsādya liṃgaṃ tatraiva saṃsthitam

Translation

Dan lima puluh krore para muni yang mengekang tenaga (ūrdhvaretas), setelah mendekati Umāpati (Śiva), tetap tinggal di sana—teguh bersemayam pada Liṅga itu juga.

Word by Word

• कोटयः: crores (tens of millions)
• कोटयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोटि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन — Nominative plural

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

• एव: indeed
• एव: Avadharana (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चय/अवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• पञ्चाशत्: fifty
• पञ्चाशत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्चाशत् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्यावाचक (indeclinable-like numeral stem); here qualifying ‘कोटयः’ — ‘fifty’

• मुनीनाम्: of sages
• मुनीनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), बहुवचन — Genitive plural

• ऊर्द्ध्व-रेतसाम्: of the celibate ones
• ऊर्द्ध्व-रेतसाम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ऊर्द्ध्व (प्रातिपदिक) + रेतस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), बहुवचन — Genitive plural; बहुव्रीहि

• उमा-पतिम्: Umāpati (Śiva)
• उमा-पतिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उमा (प्रातिपदिक) + पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन — Accusative singular; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (उमायाः पतिः)

• समासाद्य: having approached
• समासाद्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् + आ + √सद् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive) — ‘having approached/attained’

• लिङ्गम्: the liṅga (emblem)
• लिङ्गम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन — Nominative singular

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Avadharana (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (emphasis)

• संस्थितम्: is established/standing
• संस्थितम्: Kriya (Predicative/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + √स्था (धातु) → संस्थित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन — Nominative singular; भूतकृदन्त (क्त)

Speaker

Śiva (deduced from continuity; third-person 'umāpatiṃ' used as epithet within narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsakṣetra-liṅga-sannidhi (Somnātha/Prabhāsa liṅga zone)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrim-seeker/ṛṣi interlocutor (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Vast assembly of austere, matted-haired sages with upward-directed vitality encircling a radiant liṅga; Umāpati’s presence felt as a luminous aura; coastal sacred grove atmosphere of Prabhāsa.

Characters & Entities

• Umāpati (Śiva)
• Liṅga
• Munis (ūrdhvaretas)
• Prabhāsa Kṣetra (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The highest sanctity of a kṣetra is revealed by massed devotion—multitudes of ascetics steady themselves in Śiva-centered worship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, particularly the Liṅga-site associated with Umāpati (Śiva).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Approaching Śiva (Umāpati) and remaining established at the Liṅga—implying sustained Liṅga worship and residence in the kṣetra.