Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 38

Devanagari script

तत्रैव निदधुः सर्वे ततः पूजां प्रचक्रिरे । ब्रह्मणा पूजितं लिंगं विष्णुना प्रभविष्णुना

Transliteration

tatraiva nidadhuḥ sarve tataḥ pūjāṃ pracakrire | brahmaṇā pūjitaṃ liṃgaṃ viṣṇunā prabhaviṣṇunā

Translation

ณ ที่นั้นเอง ทุกองค์ได้ประดิษฐานไว้ แล้วเริ่มประกอบพิธีบูชา ลึงค์นั้นได้รับการบูชาจากพระพรหม และจากพระวิษณุ—พระวิษณุผู้ทรงเดชานุภาพด้วย

Word by Word

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (locative adverb: there)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चय/अवधारण (emphatic particle: indeed)

• nidadhuḥ: they placed
• nidadhuḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ni-√dhā (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (परोक्षभूत/परफेक्ट), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद (Perfect, 3rd person plural, Parasmaipada)

• sarve: all
• sarve: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Plural)

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Adhikaraṇa (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रमवाचक (thereafter)

• pūjām: worship
• pūjām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pūjā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Feminine, Accusative, Singular)

• pracakrire: they performed/began
• pracakrire: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (परोक्षभूत/परफेक्ट), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; आत्मनेपद (Perfect, 3rd person plural, Ātmanepada)

• brahmaṇā: by Brahmā
• brahmaṇā: Karana (Instrument/कर्ता-करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Instrumental, Singular)

• pūjitam: worshipped
• pūjitam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √pūj (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (Neuter, Nom/Acc, Singular)

• liṅgam: the liṅga
• liṅgam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Nom/Acc, Singular)

• viṣṇunā: by Viṣṇu
• viṣṇunā: Karana (Instrument/कर्ता-करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Instrumental, Singular)

• prabhaviṣṇunā: by mighty Viṣṇu
• prabhaviṣṇunā: Karana (Instrument/कर्ता-करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prabha-viṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (Masculine, Instrumental, Singular; epithet)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-liṅga (Prabhāseśvara / Prabhāsa)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At Prabhāsa, the assembled gods set down the liṅga and begin formal worship; Brahmā and Viṣṇu stand foremost, offering upacāras as the liṅga radiates a calm, inner light.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Viṣṇu
• Liṅga
• Devas
• Prabhāsa Kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The highest deities model devotion—showing that worship (pūjā) is the shared dhārmic path even for the great.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, where the liṅga is placed and worship begins.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pūjā of the liṅga, exemplified by Brahmā and Viṣṇu, implying the proper devotional protocol for devotees.