Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

स्वर्गार्थिनो वयं प्राप्ता महदध्वानमेव हि । तस्मादत्रैव तिष्ठामो यावल्लिंगस्य दर्शनम्

Transliteration

svargārthino vayaṃ prāptā mahadadhvānameva hi | tasmādatraiva tiṣṭhāmo yāvalliṃgasya darśanam

Translation

“เราปรารถนาสวรรค์ จึงเดินทางไกลยิ่งนัก; เพราะฉะนั้นเราจักพำนักอยู่ ณ ที่นี้ จนกว่าจะได้ทัศนะลิงคะ”

Word by Word

• स्वर्गार्थिनः: desirers of heaven
• स्वर्गार्थिनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्गार्थिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: स्वर्गस्य अर्थी (one who desires heaven)

• वयम्: we
• वयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उभयलिङ्ग-प्रयोग, प्रथमा (1st case), बहुवचन; personal pronoun

• प्राप्ताः: have arrived
• प्राप्ताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप् (धातु) → प्राप्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृत् (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; past participle used predicatively (having arrived)

• महत्: great
• महत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying)

• अध्वानम्: journey, path
• अध्वानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्वन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: Sambandha/Emphasis (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle of emphasis)

• हि: for, indeed
• हि: Sambandha/Reason (हेतु/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (causal/emphatic particle)

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu/Apadana (हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तस्मात्-प्रयोगः (ablatival adverb): पञ्चमी-अर्थे अव्ययवत् (therefore/from that)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• एव: only, indeed
• एव: Sambandha/Emphasis (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphasis)

• तिष्ठामः: we stay, we remain
• तिष्ठामः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• यावत्: until
• यावत्: Kāla/Avadhi (Time-limit/अवधि)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (limit/extent marker: 'until/as long as')

• लिङ्गस्य: of the liṅga
• लिङ्गस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th case), एकवचन

• दर्शनम्: seeing, दर्शन
• दर्शनम्: Karma/Avadhi (Object/Limit)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), एकवचन; here as goal/occasion with यावत् (until the seeing)

Speaker

Ṛṣis (quoted within Īśvara’s narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims declare they came seeking svarga and have traveled far; they decide to camp and remain at Prabhāsa until the liṅga is seen—tents/leaf-huts near the shrine, travel-worn yet resolute faces.

Characters & Entities

• Ṛṣis
• Liṅga
• Svarga
• Prabhāsa Kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Punya arises from arduous pilgrimage joined with perseverance; spiritual goals are pursued through steadfastness at a tīrtha.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, portrayed as worthy of long travel for Liṅga-darśana.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A fixed observance is implied: remaining at the site until darśana is attained.