Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

सर्वतीर्थाभिषेकस्य सर्वेषां दानकर्मणाम् । भविष्यति फलं तस्य लिंगस्यैवास्य पूजनात्

Transliteration

sarvatīrthābhiṣekasya sarveṣāṃ dānakarmaṇām | bhaviṣyati phalaṃ tasya liṃgasyaivāsya pūjanāt

Translation

अस्यैव लिङ्गस्य पूजनात् तस्य सर्वतीर्थाभिषेकस्य सर्वेषां च दानकर्मणां यत्फलं, तत्सर्वं भविष्यति।

Word by Word

• सर्वतीर्थाभिषेकस्य: of bathing/ablution at all tīrthas
• सर्वतीर्थाभिषेकस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + तीर्थ + अभिषेक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (सर्वेषां तीर्थानाम् अभिषेकः); पुल्लिङ्ग; षष्ठी; एकवचन

• सर्वेषाम्: of all
• सर्वेषाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: विशेषण; पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसक; षष्ठी; बहुवचन

• दानकर्मणाम्: of acts of giving (charity)
• दानकर्मणाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दान + कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (दानस्य कर्माणि); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; षष्ठी; बहुवचन

• भविष्यति: will be
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• फलम्: the fruit/result
• फलम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन

• तस्य: for him/of him
• तस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसक; षष्ठी; एकवचन

• लिङ्गस्य: of the liṅga
• लिङ्गस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; षष्ठी; एकवचन

• एव: only, indeed
• एव: Sambandha/Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-निपात (emphatic particle)

• अस्य: of this
• अस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसक; षष्ठी; एकवचन

• पूजनात्: from/by worship
• पूजनात्: Apadana (Source/Cause/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूजन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी (Ablative); एकवचन

Speaker

Narrative context (speaker not explicit in this verse; within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya discourse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa (liṅga worship focus)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The liṅga is shown as a cosmic axis with streams of sacred waters symbolically pouring from many tīrthas into one abhiṣeka; donors offer gifts, yet the focal act is simple worship at the shrine.

Characters & Entities

• Liṅga (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Single-point devotion—Liṅga-pūjā at a great kṣetra—can equal vast accumulations of merit from many separate rites.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, with emphasis on the worship of the (Pṛthivīśvara) Śiva Liṅga.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pūjā (worship) of the Liṅga, presented as equivalent in fruit to tīrtha-abhisheka (sacred bathing/ablution) and dāna (charitable giving).