Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

तल्लिंगं समनुप्राप्य गायत्रीं जपते तु यः । ब्राह्मणस्तु शुचिर्भूत्वा मुच्यते दुष्प्रतिग्रहात्

Transliteration

talliṃgaṃ samanuprāpya gāyatrīṃ japate tu yaḥ | brāhmaṇastu śucirbhūtvā mucyate duṣpratigrahāt

Translation

ผู้ใดเข้าไปถึงลึงคะนั้นแล้วสวดภาวนาคาถาคายตรี ผู้นั้นซึ่งเป็นพราหมณ์ เมื่อชำระตนให้บริสุทธิ์แล้ว ย่อมพ้นจากโทษแห่งการรับทานที่ไม่สมควร

Word by Word

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति; एकवचन; विशेषण (referring to that)

• लिङ्गम्: liṅga
• लिङ्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति; एकवचन

• समनुप्राप्य: having reached
• समनुप्राप्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् (उपसर्ग) + अनु (उपसर्ग) + √प्राप् (धातु) + ल्यप् (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययीभावरूप (absolutive/gerund); पूर्वक्रिया (having reached)

• गायत्रीम्: Gāyatrī (mantra)
• गायत्रीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गायत्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति; एकवचन

• जपते: recites
• जपते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जप् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विरोध/विशेषणार्थक (but/indeed)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति; एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक (relative pronoun)

• ब्राह्मणः: a Brahmin
• ब्राह्मणः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति; एकवचन

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विशेषणार्थक

• शुचिः: pure
• शुचिः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुचि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति; एकवचन; विशेषण

• भूत्वा: having become
• भूत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √भू (धातु) + क्त्वा (प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (absolutive/gerund); पूर्वक्रिया

• मुच्यते: is freed
• मुच्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive); आत्मनेपदम्

• दुष्प्रतिग्रहात्: from improper acceptance (of gifts)
• दुष्प्रतिग्रहात्: Apadana (Separation/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुस् (उपसर्ग/पूर्वपद) + प्रतिग्रह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी विभक्ति; एकवचन; अपादान (ablative of separation)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) (deduced from adjoining context in this prasaṅga)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gayatrī-pratiṣṭhita Ādya-liṅga (Pāpaghnaliṅga)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A purified brāhmaṇa sits near the liṅga in japa posture, counting a mālā; the liṅga radiates calm; symbolic ‘burden’ of improper gifts dissolves as dark knots/coins fade away.

Characters & Entities

• Gāyatrī
• Śiva-liṅga
• Brāhmaṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Mantra-japa performed at a powerful tīrtha becomes a form of purification (prāyaścitta), restoring dharmic integrity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The liṅga associated with Gāyatrī in Prabhāsa Kṣetra, within the Brahmakuṇḍa Māhātmya setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Approach the liṅga and perform Gāyatrī-japa; the stated fruit is release from the sin of duṣpratigraha.