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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

तल्लिंगस्य प्रभावेन प्राप्तं राज्ञा महद्यशः । कार्तिक्यां कार्तिके मासि विधिना यस्तमर्चयेत् । दीपपूजोपहारेण यशस्वी सोऽपि जायते

Transliteration

talliṃgasya prabhāvena prāptaṃ rājñā mahadyaśaḥ | kārtikyāṃ kārtike māsi vidhinā yastamarcayet | dīpapūjopahāreṇa yaśasvī so'pi jāyate

Translation

ด้วยอานุภาพแห่งลิงคะนั้น พระราชาทรงได้เกียรติยศยิ่งใหญ่ ผู้ใดบูชาลิงคะนั้นโดยถูกต้องตามพิธีในเดือนการ์ตติกะ—โดยเฉพาะวันเพ็ญการ์ตติกา—พร้อมเครื่องสักการะแห่งการบูชาประทีป ผู้นั้นย่อมเป็นผู้มีเกียรติยศเช่นกัน

Word by Word
तत्that
तत्:
Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective)
TypeAdjective
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; विशेषण of लिङ्गस्य
लिङ्गस्यof the liṅga
लिङ्गस्य:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootलिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन
प्रभावेनby the power
प्रभावेन:
Karaṇa (Instrument/Cause/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootप्रभाव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन
प्राप्तम्obtained, attained
प्राप्तम्:
Predicate (समानाधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootप्राप्त (प्रातिपदिक); प्र-√आप् (धातु) + क्त → प्राप्त
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; predicate with यशः
राज्ञाby the king
राज्ञा:
Karta (Agent in passive sense/कर्तृ)
TypeNoun
Rootराजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन
महत्great
महत्:
Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective of subject)
TypeAdjective
Rootमहत् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण of यशः
यशःfame
यशः:
Karta/Subject (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयशस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन
कार्तिक्याम्on/in Kārtikī
कार्तिक्याम्:
Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootकार्तिकी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; (full-moon day/month context)
कार्तिकेin (the month of) Kārtika
कार्तिके:
Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective of time)
TypeAdjective
Rootकार्तिक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; विशेषण of मासि
मासिin the month
मासि:
Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootमास (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन
विधिनाaccording to rule, by proper procedure
विधिना:
Karaṇa (Means/manner/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootविधि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन
यःwho (whoever)
यः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक relative pronoun
तम्that (one), him/it
तम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; refers to liṅga/Śiva
अर्चयेत्should worship
अर्चयेत्:
Kriyā (Relative-clause verb/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√अर्च् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद
दीपपूजोपहारेणby an offering of lamp-worship
दीपपूजोपहारेण:
Karaṇa (Means/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootदीप + पूजा + उपहार (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; (दीपपूजा-उपहारः) ‘offering consisting of lamp-worship’
यशस्वीfamous, glorious
यशस्वी:
Predicate (समानाधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootयशस्विन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; predicate adjective
सःhe
सः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन
अपिalso, even
अपि:
Emphasis/Addition (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (सम्भावना/समुच्चय particle) = ‘also/even’
जायतेbecomes, is born (as)
जायते:
Kriyā (Main verb/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√जन् (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद
Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Daśaratheśvara-liṅga (talliṅga)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Not explicit

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Night-time Kārttika worship at a coastal Śiva shrine: devotees offer rows of lamps before a liṅga; the king’s aura of renown is shown as a radiant halo; moonlit full-moon ambiance.

Characters & Entities
D
Daśaratha
L
Liṅga (Daśaratheśvara)
K
Kārttika māsa
K
Kārttikā (full moon)
D
Dīpa-pūjā

FAQs

Sacred-place worship becomes especially efficacious when aligned with sacred time (Kārttika), and devotion expressed through light (dīpa) yields auspicious renown.

The liṅga associated with Daśaratha at Prabhāsakṣetra (Daśaratheśvara), within the pilgrimage circuit of Prabhāsa.

Worship of the liṅga in the month of Kārttika (especially on Kārttikā) according to proper rite, with dīpa-pūjā (lamp offerings).

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