Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

देवस्य दक्षिणे भागे यो जपेच्छतरुद्रियम् । संपूज्य विधिवल्लिंगं न स भूयः प्रजायते

Transliteration

devasya dakṣiṇe bhāge yo japecchatarudriyam | saṃpūjya vidhivalliṃgaṃ na sa bhūyaḥ prajāyate

Translation

देवस्य दक्षिणभागे यः शतरुद्रियम् जपेत्। विधिवत् लिङ्गं संपूज्य स भूयः न प्रजायते॥

Word by Word

• देवस्य: of the deity
• देवस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन — of the deity

• दक्षिणे: on the right
• दक्षिणे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दक्षिण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन — on the right (side)

• भागे: in the region
• भागे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन — in the part/region

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन — who

• जपेत्: should recite
• जपेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद — should recite

• शतरुद्रियम्: the Śatarudriya (hymn)
• शतरुद्रियम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत + रुद्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन — Śatarudriya (hymn)

• संपूज्य: having worshipped
• संपूज्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्+पूज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive) — having duly worshipped

• विधिवत्: according to rule
• विधिवत्: Sambandha (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विधिवत् (अव्यय)
• Form: रीत्यर्थक अव्यय (adverb: according to rule)

• लिङ्गम्: the liṅga
• लिङ्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन — liṅga (Śiva-emblem)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधबोधक अव्यय (negation particle)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन — he

• भूयः: again
• भूयः: Sambandha (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूयस् (अव्यय)
• Form: पुनरर्थक अव्यय (adverb: again)

• प्रजायते: is born
• प्रजायते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र+जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद — is born

Speaker

Unknown (contextual narrator within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ādityeśa (Prabhāsa-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee seated to the south of the sanctum recites Śatarudrīya while priests perform orderly liṅga-pūjā with abhiṣeka; lamps glow and the shrine architecture frames the rite.

Characters & Entities

• Śatarudrīya
• Liṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Disciplined mantra-recitation and proper liṅga worship in a holy kṣetra are presented as direct means to liberation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Śaiva shrine-context in Prabhāsa Kṣetra associated with Ādityeśvara worship practice.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Recite the Śatarudrīya on the deity’s southern side and worship the liṅga according to vidhi.