Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

कोटयश्चैव पंचाशन्मुनीनामूर्द्ध्वरेतसाम् । उमापतिं समासाद्य लिंगं तत्रैव संस्थितम्

Transliteration

koṭayaścaiva paṃcāśanmunīnāmūrddhvaretasām | umāpatiṃ samāsādya liṃgaṃ tatraiva saṃsthitam

Translation

ଊର୍ଧ୍ୱରେତସ ପଞ୍ଚାଶ କୋଟି ମୁନି ଉମାପତି ଶିବଙ୍କୁ ସମୀପ କରି, ସେଠାରେ ଏହି ଲିଙ୍ଗରେ ହିଁ ପ୍ରତିଷ୍ଠିତ ହୋଇ ଅବସ୍ଥିତ ଅଛନ୍ତି।

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.