Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 41

Devanagari script

तस्य मध्ये महादेवि लिंगरूपो वसाम्यहम्

Transliteration

tasya madhye mahādevi liṃgarūpo vasāmyaham

Translation

ณ ศูนย์กลางแท้จริงนั้น โอ้มหาเทวี เราสถิตอยู่ในรูปแห่งลึงค์

Word by Word

• तस्य: of that/of it
• तस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्गः, षष्ठी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• मध्ये: in the middle
• मध्ये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गम्, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• महादेवि: O great goddess
• महादेवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महादेवी (प्रातिपदिक; महा + देवी)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समासः (‘great goddess’), स्त्रीलिङ्गः, सम्बोधन-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• लिङ्गरूपः: having the form of a liṅga
• लिङ्गरूपः: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Subject complement/कर्तृसमानााधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लिङ्ग + रूप (प्रातिपदिक-समूह)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समासः (‘in the form of a liṅga’), पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (अहम्)

• वसामि: I dwell
• वसामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकारः (Present), उत्तम-पुरुषः (1st person), एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

Speaker

Śiva (addressing Devī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa central liṅga (Somnātha/Prabhāseśvara tradition)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At the very center of the sacred field stands a liṅga radiating calm power; Devī is addressed as the revelation is made.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Devī
• Liṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva’s immanence is accessible through liṅga—devotion to the liṅga at the kṣetra’s center is devotion to Śiva himself.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The central liṅga of Prabhāsa-kṣetra (the heart-shrine of the field).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly supports liṅga-darśana and liṅga-pūjā at the center; no specific procedure is detailed here.