Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

लिंगं स स्थापयामास ततः पापैर्व्यमुच्यत । यस्तं समाहितमनाः पूजयिष्यति मानवः । स च मानवसंभूतात्पातकात्संप्रमोक्ष्यति

Transliteration

liṃgaṃ sa sthāpayāmāsa tataḥ pāpairvyamucyata | yastaṃ samāhitamanāḥ pūjayiṣyati mānavaḥ | sa ca mānavasaṃbhūtātpātakātsaṃpramokṣyati

Translation

သူသည် လိင်္ဂကို တည်ထောင်ခဲ့၍ ထိုကြောင့် အပြစ်များမှ လွတ်မြောက်၏။ စိတ်ကို တည်ငြိမ်စွာ စုစည်းထားပြီး ထိုလိင်္ဂကို ပူဇော်မည့် မည်သူမဆို လူ့အကျင့်အကြံမှ ပေါ်ပေါက်သော အပြစ်တို့မှလည်း အပြည့်အဝ လွတ်မြောက်မည်။

Word by Word

• लिङ्गम्: the liṅga
• लिङ्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• स्थापयामास: installed
• स्थापयामास: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (periphrastic perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; णिच्-प्रयोजक (causative): ‘caused to be placed/ स्थापितवान्’

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त-अव्यय; क्रम/हेतु/कालवाचक: ‘thereupon/then’

• पापैः: from sins
• पापैः: Apadana/Hetu (From/Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोगे हेतु/अपादानार्थे प्रयोगः (freed from sins)

• व्यमुच्यत: was freed
• व्यमुच्यत: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (imperfect/past), कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Relative subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तम्: him/that (liṅga)
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• समाहितमनाः: with concentrated mind
• समाहितमनाः: Karta-anvayi (Qualifier of subject/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समाहित + मनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि: ‘समाहितं मनो यस्य सः’ (one whose mind is collected)

• पूजयिष्यति: will worship
• पूजयिष्यति: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (simple future), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• मानवः: a man
• मानवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

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

• मानवसंभूतात्: arisen from human (origin)
• मानवसंभूतात्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मानव + संभूत (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (पातक-विशेषणत्वात्), पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘मानवात् संभूत’ (arisen from man)

• पातकात्: from sin
• पातकात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पातक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (अपादान), एकवचन

• संप्रमोक्ष्यति: will be completely released
• संप्रमोक्ष्यति: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + प्र + मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (simple future), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Devarājeśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee installs a Śiva-liṅga; later pilgrims worship with folded hands and steady gaze; a subtle aura indicates sins being dissolved.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara (Śiva)
• Devī
• Devarājeśvara-liṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Liṅga-pratiṣṭhā and one-pointed worship (samāhita-citta) are presented as powerful means of purification and release from sin.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Devarājeśvara-liṅga in Prabhāsa-kṣetra, praised as a place of pāpa-kṣaya (sin-destruction).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Worship (pūjā) of the liṅga with a collected mind; liṅga स्थापना (establishment) is cited as the source of purification.