Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

तत्र पुष्करसान्निध्ये दक्षिणे धनुषां त्रये । लिंगं प्रतिष्ठयामास रामेश्वरमिति श्रुतम्

Transliteration

tatra puṣkarasānnidhye dakṣiṇe dhanuṣāṃ traye | liṃgaṃ pratiṣṭhayāmāsa rāmeśvaramiti śrutam

Translation

அங்கே புஷ்கரத்தின் அருகில், தெற்கே மூன்று வில்-அளவு தூரத்தில், அவர் ஒரு லிங்கத்தைப் பிரதிஷ்டை செய்தார்—அது ‘ராமேஸ்வரம்’ எனப் புகழ்பெற்றது.

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Locative setting/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (स्थानवाचक क्रियाविशेषण) — indeclinable adverb of place

• पुष्कर-सान्निध्ये: in the vicinity of Puṣkara
• पुष्कर-सान्निध्ये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्कर (प्रातिपदिक) + सान्निध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन — neuter locative singular; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (पुष्करस्य सान्निध्यम्)

• दक्षिणे: on the southern side
• दक्षिणे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दक्षिण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन — neuter locative singular (used adjectivally)

• धनुषाम्: of bows (as a measure)
• धनुषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनुस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन — neuter genitive plural

• त्रये: at (a distance of) three
• त्रये: Adhikarana (Measure-location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन — neuter locative singular; ‘in/at a triad (three)’

• लिङ्गम्: a liṅga (Śiva emblem)
• लिङ्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — neuter accusative singular

• प्रतिष्ठयामास: established
• प्रतिष्ठयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति-स्था (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परिप्रास/परफेक्ट), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — 3rd person singular perfect (periphrastic)

• रामेश्वरम्: (named) Rāmeśvara
• रामेश्वरम्: Karma (Object/apposition/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — masculine accusative singular; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (रामस्य ईश्वरः) नाम

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (उक्त्यर्थक/quotative particle) — indeclinable quotative

• श्रुतम्: is heard/known (as)
• श्रुतम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रु (धातु) → श्रुत (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — past passive participle ‘heard/known’; here predicative ‘is heard/known’

Speaker

Unclear from snippet; Purāṇic narrator within Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya describing a tīrtha-marker and liṅga-pratiṣṭhā

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rāmeśvara-liṅga (as named here) near Puṣkara-sannidhya

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rāma (Raghunandana) as addressed in surrounding verses (contextual continuity)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A consecration scene: a liṅga being set upon a pedestal at a spot south of Puṣkara; priests with vessels, flowers, and mantras; the shrine receives the name ‘Rāmeśvara’.

Characters & Entities

• Puṣkara
• Rāmeśvara
• Śiva-liṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Consecrating a Śiva-liṅga in a tīrtha sanctifies the landscape and becomes a lasting support for devotion and pilgrimage.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Puṣkara (in the Prabhāsa-kṣetra setting) and the nearby Rāmeśvara-liṅga location measured three bow-lengths to the south.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Liṅga-pratiṣṭhā (installation/consecration) is described as the key act.