Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

यस्मिन्दृष्टे फलं नृणां जायते कोटिलिंगजम् । एवमेष वरोऽस्माकं दीयतां वृषभध्वज

Transliteration

yasmindṛṣṭe phalaṃ nṛṇāṃ jāyate koṭiliṃgajam | evameṣa varo'smākaṃ dīyatāṃ vṛṣabhadhvaja

Translation

దాని దర్శనముచేత మనుష్యులకు కోటిలింగజ ఫలముతో సమానమైన ఫలం కలుగుగాక—ఇదే మా వరం. ఓ వృషభధ్వజా! దానిని ప్రసాదించుము।

Word by Word

• yasmin: in which, upon which
• yasmin: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध-सर्वनाम

• dṛṣṭe: when (it is) seen
• dṛṣṭe: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dṛś (धातु) + kta (कृत्)
• Form: क्त-कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सति-सप्तमी (locative absolute)

• phalam: fruit, result
• phalam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• nṛṇām: of men, of people
• nṛṇām: Shashthi-sambandha (Possessor/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• jāyate: arises, is produced
• jāyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jan (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• koṭiliṅgajam: arising from crores of liṅgas
• koṭiliṅgajam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: koṭi + liṅga + ja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (born from/produced by crores of liṅgas)

• evam: thus
• evam: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (manner adverb)

• eṣaḥ: this
• eṣaḥ: Visheshana (Demonstrative/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; संकेत-सर्वनाम

• varaḥ: boon
• varaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• asmākam: of us
• asmākam: Shashthi-sambandha (Possessor/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• dīyatām: let it be given
• dīyatām: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive: 'let it be given')

• vṛṣabhadhvaja: O Bull-bannered one
• vṛṣabhadhvaja: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vṛṣabha + dhvaja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Ṛṣis (assembled sages)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Koṭiliṅga / Koṭiliṅgeśvara (phala-śruti object)

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śrī Mahādeva (Vṛṣabhadhvaja)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The sages specify the boon’s operational rule: whoever sees this liṅga gains the fruit of a crore of liṅgas; the scene anticipates a radiant liṅga drawing crowds of future devotees.

Characters & Entities

• Vṛṣabhadhvaja (Śiva)
• Koṭiliṅga
• Nṛ (people)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A consecrated sacred form can concentrate spiritual benefit, making lofty merit attainable even through simple darśana.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Koṭiliṅga/Koṭimaya-liṅga site in Arbuda, where mere sight grants koṭiliṅga-level merit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Darśana (reverent viewing) is highlighted as the key act yielding great fruit.