Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 110

Devanagari script

तीर्थोपनिषदः ख्याता लिंगोपनिषदस्तथा । योगोपनिषदो देवि पूर्वं वै कथितास्तव

Transliteration

tīrthopaniṣadaḥ khyātā liṃgopaniṣadastathā | yogopaniṣado devi pūrvaṃ vai kathitāstava

Translation

A Tīrtha-Upaniṣad é bem conhecida, e do mesmo modo a Liṅga-Upaniṣad; e também as Yoga-Upaniṣads, ó Deusa—tudo isso, em verdade, já te foi explicado anteriormente.

Word by Word

• तीर्थोपनिषदः: the Tīrtha-Upaniṣads
• तीर्थोपनिषदः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ-उपनिषद् (प्रातिपदिक; तीर्थ + उपनिषद्)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (तीर्थस्य उपनिषदः)

• ख्याताः: are known/called
• ख्याताः: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ख्या (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्यय (past passive participle: 'known/called')

• लिङ्गोपनिषदः: the Liṅga-Upaniṣads
• लिङ्गोपनिषदः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग-उपनिषद् (प्रातिपदिक; लिङ्ग + उपनिषद्)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (लिङ्गस्य उपनिषदः)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: likewise/also)

• योगोपनिषदः: the Yoga-Upaniṣads
• योगोपनिषदः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योग-उपनिषद् (प्रातिपदिक; योग + उपनिषद्)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (योगस्य उपनिषदः)

• देवि: O goddess
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

• पूर्वम्: previously
• पूर्वम्: Sambandha (Temporal adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पूर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: earlier)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• कथिताः: were told
• कथिताः: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कथ् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्यय (past passive participle: 'told')

• तव: to you
• तव: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन (तुभ्यम्-अर्थे)

Speaker

Śiva

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārvatī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva enumerates three ‘Upaniṣads’—Tīrtha, Liṅga, and Yoga—signaling a triadic map of outer pilgrimage, icon-worship, and inner realization; Pārvatī receives the classification.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Pārvatī
• Tīrtha
• Liṅga
• Yoga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage (tīrtha), liṅga devotion, and yoga are treated as profound, ‘upaniṣadic’ inner teachings.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra is the contextual tīrtha; the verse also generalizes the sanctity of tīrthas as a category.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription; it references prior instruction on tīrtha-sevā, liṅga-upāsanā, and yoga.