Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

प्रतिष्ठाप्य महादेवं शंकरं लोकशंकरम् । दिव्यं वर्षशतं साग्रं ततस्तुष्टो महेश्वरः

Transliteration

pratiṣṭhāpya mahādevaṃ śaṃkaraṃ lokaśaṃkaram | divyaṃ varṣaśataṃ sāgraṃ tatastuṣṭo maheśvaraḥ

Translation

ਮਹਾਦੇਵ ਸ਼ੰਕਰ—ਲੋਕਾਂ ਦੇ ਮੰਗਲਕਾਰੀ—ਦੀ ਪ੍ਰਤਿਸ਼ਠਾ ਕਰ ਕੇ, ਉਸ ਨੇ ਸੌ ਦਿਵ੍ਯ ਵਰ੍ਹਿਆਂ ਤੋਂ ਵੀ ਵੱਧ ਤਪ ਕੀਤਾ; ਤਦ ਮਹੇਸ਼ਵਰ ਪ੍ਰਸੰਨ ਹੋਏ।

Word by Word

• प्रतिष्ठाप्य: having installed
• प्रतिष्ठाप्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति-स्था (धातु)
• Form: प्रति-स्था-धातोः णिच्-प्रेरण (causative) + ल्यप्/क्त्वा-समकक्ष अव्यय-भाव (gerund): "having installed/established"

• महादेवम्: Mahadeva
• महादेवम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; कर्मधारय: "the great god"

• शंकरम्: Shankara
• शंकरम्: Karma (Apposition to Mahādeva)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शंकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; महादेवस्य नाम

• लोक-शंकरम्: the benefactor of the world
• लोक-शंकरम्: Karma (Apposition/epithet)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक) + शंकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: "benefactor of the world" (world's Shankara)

• दिव्यम्: divine
• दिव्यम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (वर्षशतम्)

• वर्ष-शतम्: a hundred years
• वर्ष-शतम्: Karma (Extent/measure)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ष (प्रातिपदिक) + शत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; द्विगु-समास: "a hundred years" (numerical compound)

• स-अग्रम्: and more (with an additional part)
• स-अग्रम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स (अव्यय-पूर्वपद) + अग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्मधारय: "with an excess/plus (over and above)"; विशेषण (वर्षशतम्)

• ततः: then
• ततः: Sambandha (Sequential relation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb): "then/thereupon"

• तुष्टः: pleased
• तुष्टः: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुष् (धातु)
• Form: तुष्-धातोः क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (महेश्वरः)

• महेश्वरः: Maheshvara (Shiva)
• महेश्वरः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; कर्मधारय: "the great lord"

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Jāmadagnya performs Śiva-liṅga installation at Prabhāsa; then a montage-like sense of a hundred divine years of austerity—seasons passing, steady meditation, Śiva’s subtle presence.

Characters & Entities

• Mahādeva
• Śaṅkara
• Maheśvara
• Jāmadagnya Rāma (context)
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra (context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Consecration (pratiṣṭhā) joined with sustained tapas culminates in divine approval—Śiva’s grace responds to steadfast devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where the liṅga is installed and long tapas is undertaken.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Liṅga-pratiṣṭhā (installation/consecration) and tapas for an extended period are described as the key acts.