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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 55

Devanagari script

ईश्वर उवाच । एवमस्त्वित्यहं प्रोच्य पुनर्लिंगे लयं गतः । एतत्ते कारणं देवि प्रोक्तं सर्वमशेषतः

Transliteration

īśvara uvāca | evamastvityahaṃ procya punarliṃge layaṃ gataḥ | etatte kāraṇaṃ devi proktaṃ sarvamaśeṣataḥ

Translation

ఈశ్వరుడు పలికెను— ‘ఏవమస్తు’ అని చెప్పి నేను మళ్లీ లింగంలో లయమయ్యాను. ఓ దేవీ, ఈ కారణమంతా నీకు సంపూర్ణంగా, శేషం లేకుండా వివరించాను।

Word by Word
īśvaraḥĪśvara (the Lord)
īśvaraḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootīśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन (singular)
uvācasaid
uvāca:
Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√vac (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular)
evamthus
evam:
Avyaya (Adverbial/अव्यय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootevam (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, प्रकारवाचक (adverb of manner)
astulet it be
astu:
Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√as (धातु)
Formलोट् (Imperative), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular)
itithus (saying)
iti:
Avyaya (Quotation marker/इति)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiti (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, इति-प्रयोग (quotative particle)
ahamI
aham:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम (pronoun), प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन (singular)
procyahaving spoken
procya:
Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootpra-√vac (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृदन्त/अव्ययभाव)
Formक्त्वान्त/ल्यपन्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), 'having said/declared'
punaragain
punar:
Avyaya (Adverbial/अव्यय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootpunar (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, काल/पुनरावृत्तिवाचक (adverb: again)
liṅgeinto/in the linga
liṅge:
Adhikaraṇa (Locus/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootliṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन (singular)
layamdissolution, absorption
layam:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootlaya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन (singular)
gataḥwent, entered
gataḥ:
Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√gam (धातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
Formभूतकृदन्त (past participle used predicatively), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन (singular)
etatthis
etat:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootetad (प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम (pronoun), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), एकवचन (singular)
teto you
te:
Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Roottad (प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम (pronoun), चतुर्थी (4th case), एकवचन (singular)
kāraṇamreason, cause
kāraṇam:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootkāraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), एकवचन (singular)
deviO Goddess
devi:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootdevī (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन (singular)
proktamhas been told
proktam:
Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootpra-√vac (धातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
Formभूतकृदन्त (past participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), एकवचन (singular)
sarvameverything
sarvam:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootsarva (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), एकवचन (singular)
aśeṣataḥcompletely, without remainder
aśeṣataḥ:
Avyaya (Adverbial/अव्यय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootaśeṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + tas (तसिल्)
Formतसिलन्त अव्यय (adverb: wholly, without remainder)
Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra / Someśvara (Somnātha)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva concludes the explanation to Devī, utters ‘evam astu’, and dissolves/merges into the radiant liṅga; Devī remains attentive in reverent stillness within a sacred coastal kṣetra ambience.

Characters & Entities
Ī
Īśvara (Śiva)
L
Liṅga
D
Devī (Pārvatī)

FAQs

Śiva’s liṅga is affirmed as a direct locus of divine presence, where the Lord abides and is approached.

The context remains Prabhāsa-kṣetra and the Somnātha-liṅga.

No ritual is prescribed; it narrates Śiva’s assent and abiding in the liṅga.

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