Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

वरुणेश्वरनामेति तल्लिंगं तत्प्रभृत्यभूत्

Transliteration

varuṇeśvaranāmeti talliṃgaṃ tatprabhṛtyabhūt

Translation

అప్పటినుంచి ఆ లింగం ‘వరుణేశ్వర’ అనే నామంతో ప్రసిద్ధి పొందింది.

Word by Word

• वरुणेश्वरनाम: the name ‘Varuṇeśvara’
• वरुणेश्वरनाम: Karma (Name as complement of ‘iti’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वरुण (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक) + नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (वरुणेश्वरस्य नाम)

• इति: thus/‘called’
• इति: Vākyasaṃyojaka (Quotative marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय—उद्धरण/नामनिर्देश (quotative)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम (refers to liṅga)

• लिङ्गम्: liṅga
• लिङ्गम्: Karta (Subject; apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘तत्’ इत्यस्य विशेष्य (apposition)

• तत्प्रभृति: from then on
• तत्प्रभृति: Kāla (Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत् (सर्वनाम) + प्रभृति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; अव्यय—‘from that time onward’

• अभूत्: became/was
• अभूत्: Kriyā (Predicate action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लुङ् (Aorist), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; धातु: √भू

Speaker

Unknown (narrative voice within Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Varuṇeśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Addressed feminine interlocutor in the passage’s frame

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A close view of the liṅga with an inscribed or proclaimed name 'Varuṇeśvara', with ocean emblems—conch, waves, makara—suggesting Varuṇa’s patronage and the coastal setting.

Characters & Entities

• Varuṇeśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A sacred place becomes firmly established in dharma through divine naming and remembrance, anchoring devotion to Śiva in that kṣetra.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Varuṇeśvara-liṅga in Prabhāsa Kṣetra, within the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa of the Skanda Purāṇa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is prescribed in this verse; it establishes the liṅga’s name and identity.