Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

तेन तल्लिंगमभवद्वृषभेशेति भूतले । ततश्चतुर्थे संप्राप्ते वाराहेकल्प संज्ञिते

Transliteration

tena talliṃgamabhavadvṛṣabheśeti bhūtale | tataścaturthe saṃprāpte vārāhekalpa saṃjñite

Translation

ထိုအကြောင်းကြောင့် ထို လိင်္ဂသည် မြေပြင်ပေါ်တွင် «ဝೃષဘေရှ» ဟူသော အမည်ဖြင့် ကျော်ကြားလာသည်။ ထို့နောက် «ဝါရာဟ ကလ္ပ» ဟု ခေါ်သော စတုတ္ထ ကာလစက်ဝန်း ရောက်လာသောအခါ၌လည်း ၎င်း၏ မဟာတန်ခိုးသည် ဆက်လက် ထင်ရှားနေ၏။

Word by Word

• तेन: by that/therefore
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (लिङ्गम्)

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

• अभवत्: became/was
• अभवत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• वृषभेश: Vṛṣabheśa
• वृषभेश: Pratipadya-nama (Name predicate/नाम)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृषभेश (प्रातिपदिक; वृषभ + ईश)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; नाम (proper name)

• इति: thus/‘called’
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उद्धरण/नामनिर्देशार्थक (quotative particle)

• भूतले: on the earth
• भूतले: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूतल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनन्तरार्थक (then)

• चतुर्थे: in the fourth (kalpa)
• चतुर्थे: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; (कल्पे इति अध्याहार्य)

• संप्राप्ते: when it had arrived
• संप्राप्ते: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-प्र-आप् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (चतुर्थे)

• वाराहेकल्प: the Varāha-kalpa
• वाराहेकल्प: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाराह-कल्प (प्रातिपदिक; वाराह + कल्प)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/सप्तमी (contextually सप्तमी एकवचन: वाराहेकल्पे); विशेषण-समासः

• संज्ञिते: named/called
• संज्ञिते: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-ज्ञा (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (कल्पे)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced from Prabhāsa Māhātmya narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vṛṣabheśa (Prabhāsa)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The liṅga is proclaimed on earth as 'Vṛṣabheśa'; behind it, a cosmic timeline motif indicates the arrival of the Vārāha Kalpa, suggesting continuity of sanctity through ages.

Characters & Entities

• Vṛṣabheśa Liṅga
• Vārāha Kalpa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A sacred emblem (Liṅga) gains enduring sanctity and fame through divine cause, becoming a stable refuge for devotion across cosmic cycles.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra (Prabhāsa), specifically the Vṛṣabheśa Liṅga tradition within its Māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is prescribed here; the verse establishes the name and cosmic-era context of the Liṅga’s renown.