Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 108

Devanagari script

स्थापयित्वा शिवं सूर्यो गंगासागरसंगमे । निरामयोऽभूत्सोमश्च प्रभासे पश्चिमोदधौ

Transliteration

sthāpayitvā śivaṃ sūryo gaṃgāsāgarasaṃgame | nirāmayo'bhūtsomaśca prabhāse paścimodadhau

Translation

Сурья утвердил Шиву у слияния Ганги с океаном; а Сома стал без недуга в Прабхасе, у западного моря.

Word by Word

• स्थापयित्वा: having स्थापित/installed
• स्थापयित्वा: Kriya (पूर्वकर्म/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्थापय् (धातु √स्थाप्, णिच्)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया; धातु √स्थाप् (causative)

• शिवम्: Śiva
• शिवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• सूर्यः: the Sun (god)
• सूर्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• गङ्गासागर-संगमे: at the confluence of the Gaṅgā and the ocean
• गङ्गासागर-संगमे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गङ्गा (प्रातिपदिक) + सागर (प्रातिपदिक) + संगम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (गङ्गायाः सागरस्य च संगमः)

• निरामयः: free from illness
• निरामयः: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Subject complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निरामय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• अभूत्: became/was
• अभूत्: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु √भू)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सोमः: Soma (Moon god)
• सोमः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• प्रभासे: at Prabhāsa
• प्रभासे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति, एकवचन (स्थानवाचक)

• पश्चिम-उदधौ: in the western ocean
• पश्चिम-उदधौ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पश्चिम (प्रातिपदिक) + उदधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (पश्चिमः उदधिः)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gaṅgā-sāgara-saṅgama; Prabhāsa

Type: sangam

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Two sacred tableaux: (1) Sūrya at the Gaṅgā’s ocean-confluence installing a radiant Śiva-liṅga amid waves and pilgrims; (2) Soma at Prabhāsa by the western sea, his pallor lifting as he is healed, with Śiva’s presence implied by liṅga and sanctified shore.

Characters & Entities

• Sūrya
• Śiva
• Gaṅgā-sāgara-saṅgama
• Soma
• Prabhāsa
• Western ocean

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Holy places and Śiva स्थापना confer well-being—removing ailments and granting auspiciousness to even the gods.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

Gaṅgā-sāgara-saṅgama and Prabhāsa (near the western ocean) are explicitly praised.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Liṅga-sthāpanā is indicated; the verse also implies tīrtha-sevā for health and purification.