Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

विमला दंडिकाश्चैव सप्तैते कुत्सिकाः स्मृताः । अस्मिंल्लिंगे पुरा सिद्धा योगात्पाशुपतान्मम

Transliteration

vimalā daṃḍikāścaiva saptaite kutsikāḥ smṛtāḥ | asmiṃlliṃge purā siddhā yogātpāśupatānmama

Translation

விமலா, தண்டிகா—இவ்வேழுவரும் ‘குத்ஸிகா’ என நினைவுகூரப்படுவர். முற்காலத்தில் என் பாசுபத-யோகத்தால் இவ்விலிங்கத்தில் சித்தியடைந்தனர்।

Word by Word

• vimalā: Vimalā
• vimalā: Karta (Subject/member of list/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vimalā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); नाम (proper name)

• daṃḍikāḥ: Daṇḍikās
• daṃḍikāḥ: Karta (Subject/member of list/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daṃḍikā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); नाम (group/name)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphasis)

• sapta: seven
• sapta: Visheshana (Numeral qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sapta (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्यावाचक (numeral), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचनार्थ (used with plural referent)

• ete: these
• ete: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• kutsikāḥ: Kutsikās
• kutsikāḥ: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kutsikā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); नाम (proper designation)

• smṛtāḥ: are remembered/are said to be
• smṛtāḥ: Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √smṛ (स्मृ धातु) (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक: क्त)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle: 'are remembered/called')

• asmin: in this
• asmin: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• liṅge: in the liṅga
• liṅge: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• purā: formerly
• purā: Kāla (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: purā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time: 'formerly')

• siddhāḥ: perfected/accomplished
• siddhāḥ: Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √sidh (सिध् धातु) (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक: क्त)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (accomplished/perfected)

• yogāt: from/through yoga
• yogāt: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yoga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन (Singular)

• pāśupatāt: from the Pāśupata (doctrine/observance)
• pāśupatāt: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāśupata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन (Singular)

• mama: my
• mama: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Śiva (addressing Devī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Someśvara (Prabhāsa)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A lit shrine of Someśvara; seven ascetic women/figures (Kutsikās) including Vimalā and Daṇḍikā are shown in yogic posture, receiving Śiva’s grace-stream (anugraha) as they attain siddhi.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Someśvara
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra
• Liṅga
• Pāśupata-yoga
• Vimalā
• Daṇḍikā
• Kutsikāḥ

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva’s Pāśupata path is presented as a sanctified means of siddhi, especially powerful when practiced at the Someśvara Liṅga.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Someśvara at Prabhāsa-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse points to Pāśupata-yoga as the means of attainment, though it does not detail its observances.