Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

युगलिंगं महादेवि सिद्धिस्थानं महाप्रभम् । स्थानं पाशुपतानां च भेषजं पापरोगिणाम्

Transliteration

yugaliṃgaṃ mahādevi siddhisthānaṃ mahāprabham | sthānaṃ pāśupatānāṃ ca bheṣajaṃ pāparogiṇām

Translation

ஓ மகாதேவி! இது ‘யுகலிங்கம்’—மகாப்ரபுவான சித்தி-ஸ்தானம்; பாசுபதர்களின் புனிதத் தலம், பாப-நோயால் வாடுவோர்க்கு மருந்தாகும்।

Word by Word

• युगलिङ्गम्: the yuga-liṅga
• युगलिङ्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युग + लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—युग-लिङ्ग (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘liṅga of the yuga’/‘yuga-liṅga’)

• महादेवि: O great goddess
• महादेवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महादेवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—महा + देवी (कर्मधारय)

• सिद्धिस्थानम्: a place of siddhi (accomplishment)
• सिद्धिस्थानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्धि + स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—सिद्धि-स्थान (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘place of attainment’)

• महाप्रभम्: very splendid
• महाप्रभम्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा + प्रभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—महा + प्रभ (कर्मधारय: ‘greatly splendid’)

• स्थानम्: a place/abode
• स्थानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• पाशुपतानाम्: of the Pāśupatas
• पाशुपतानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाशुपत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (and)

• भेषजम्: medicine/remedy
• भेषजम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भेषज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• पापरोगिणाम्: of those afflicted by sinful disease
• पापरोगिणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप + रोगिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; समासः—पाप-रोगिन् (तत्पुरुष: ‘those diseased with sin’)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Yuga-Liṅga (Prabhāsa)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī/Devī (addressed as Mahādevi)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant ancient liṅga titled ‘Yuga-Liṅga’ in a sacred grove of Prabhāsa; Pāśupata ascetics with ash-smeared bodies and matted hair perform worship; the atmosphere suggests healing—dark ‘pāpa’ dissolving into light.

Characters & Entities

• Mahādevī (Devī)
• Yuga-liṅga
• Pāśupatas
• Saṃtoṣeśvara (context)
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva’s tīrthas are portrayed as both transformative (granting siddhi) and healing—curing the inner illness of sin through devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Yuga-liṅga shrine identified in this passage (Saṃtoṣeśvara/Pāśupateśvara context) within Prabhāsa-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No single rite is specified; the verse frames the site as a siddhi-sthāna for Pāśupata practice and as a sin-removing pilgrimage destination.