Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 23

Devanagari script

यश्चेदं त्वत्कृतं लिगं नियमेनार्चयिष्यति । सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तो योगं दिव्यमवाप्स्यति

Transliteration

yaścedaṃ tvatkṛtaṃ ligaṃ niyamenārcayiṣyati | sarvapāpavinirmukto yogaṃ divyamavāpsyati

Translation

และผู้ใดรักษาวัตรและนียมะโดยเคร่งครัด บูชาลึงค์นี้ซึ่งท่านได้สร้างไว้ ผู้นั้นจักพ้นบาปทั้งปวง และบรรลุโยคะทิพย์

Word by Word

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; सम्बन्ध-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपातः (conjunction)

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; सर्वनाम-विशेषणम् (this)

• त्वत्कृतम्: made by you
• त्वत्कृतम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्वत्-कृत (प्रातिपदिक; त्वत् + √कृ + क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषणम् (made by you)

• लिङ्गम्: liṅga (emblem)
• लिङ्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• नियमेन: with prescribed observance
• नियमेन: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नियम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः (करण), एकवचनम्

• अर्चयिष्यति: will worship
• अर्चयिष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्च् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकारः (भविष्यत्/Future), प्रथम-पुरुषः, एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्; causative sense not intended here (simple future of worship)

• सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तः: freed from all sins
• सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व-पाप-विनिर्मुक्त (प्रातिपदिक; सर्व + पाप + वि-निर्-√मुच् + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषणम् (freed from)

• योगम्: yoga
• योगम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• दिव्यम्: divine
• दिव्यम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (to yogam)

• अवाप्स्यति: will obtain
• अवाप्स्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव-√आप् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकारः (भविष्यत्/Future), प्रथम-पुरुषः, एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Śiva (Deva/Deveśa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: The liṅga fashioned by the sage at Prabhāsa (tvad-kṛta-liṅga)

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A newly established liṅga, fashioned by a sage, is worshiped by disciplined devotees; a dark smoke-like pāpa dissolves into light as ‘divya yoga’ radiance rises.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Liṅga
• Niyama (discipline)
• Yoga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Disciplined worship (niyama-yukta arcana) purifies karma and culminates in divine yogic realization.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, where the revered liṅga is worshipped as part of the kṣetra-māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Worship (arcana) of the liṅga with niyama—i.e., regulated observances, vows, and proper devotional discipline.