Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

कोटियज्ञफलं प्राप्य सर्वान्कामा नवाप्नुयात् । तत्र लिंगान्यनेकानि ऋषिभिः स्थापितानि तु

Transliteration

koṭiyajñaphalaṃ prāpya sarvānkāmā navāpnuyāt | tatra liṃgānyanekāni ṛṣibhiḥ sthāpitāni tu

Translation

କୋଟି ଯଜ୍ଞର ଫଳ ପାଇ ମନୁଷ୍ୟ ସମସ୍ତ ଇଚ୍ଛିତ କାମନା ପ୍ରାପ୍ତ କରେ। ସେଠାରେ ଋଷିମାନଙ୍କ ଦ୍ୱାରା ସ୍ଥାପିତ ଅନେକ ଶିବଲିଙ୍ଗ ଅଛି।

Word by Word

• कोटियज्ञफलम्: the fruit of crores of sacrifices
• कोटियज्ञफलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोटि-यज्ञ-फल (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—‘कोटियज्ञानां फलम्’

• प्राप्य: having obtained
• प्राप्य: Kriya (Prior action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; पूर्वक्रिया (having obtained)

• सर्वान्: all
• सर्वान्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; ‘कामान्’ इति विशेषणम्

• कामान्: desires
• कामान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• अव: indeed; fully
• अव: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अव (अव्यय/उपसर्गसदृश)
• Form: अव्यय; उपसर्गसदृश-निपात (intensifier/particle; here with verb ‘आप्नुयात्’)

• आप्नुयात्: would attain; should attain
• आप्नुयात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• लिङ्गानि: liṅgas
• लिङ्गानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• अनेकानि: many
• अनेकानि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनेक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; ‘लिङ्गानि’ इति विशेषणम्

• ऋषिभिः: by sages
• ऋषिभिः: Karana (Agent-instrument in passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• स्थापितानि: were established
• स्थापितानि: Kriya (State/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; ‘लिङ्गानि’ इति विशेष्येण सह

• तु: indeed; moreover
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विरोध/विशेषार्थक (particle: but/indeed)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa liṅga-samūha (ṛṣi-pratiṣṭhita-liṅgāni)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A panoramic sacred precinct with many small liṅga-shrines and ascetics; pilgrims move from shrine to shrine with lamps and water-pots; a sense of ‘forest of liṅgas’ established by ṛṣis.

Characters & Entities

• Durvāseśvara
• Ṛṣis
• Liṅgas
• Prabhāsa Kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage and worship can concentrate the merit of extensive Vedic sacrifice, showing tīrtha as an accessible dharmic path.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Durvāseśvara area and its wider cluster of ṛṣi-established liṅgas in Prabhāsa Kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, liṅga-darśana and worship at the site; the verse emphasizes the फल (koṭiyajñaphala) rather than step-by-step rite.