Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

न तेऽहं दर्शनं यास्ये लिंगरूपी कदाचन

Transliteration

na te'haṃ darśanaṃ yāsye liṃgarūpī kadācana

Translation

เราจะไม่ปรากฏแก่สายตาเจ้าด้วยรูปแห่งลึงค์เป็นอันขาด

Word by Word

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेधार्थक निपात (negation particle)

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/Dative/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; चतुर्थी (4th/Dative) एकवचन (Singular) — enclitic form 'te'

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• दर्शनम्: sight; दर्शन
• दर्शनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: darśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• यास्ये: I shall go/attain
• यास्ये: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √yā (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन (Singular); परस्मैपदम्

• लिंगरूपी: in liṅga-form; having the form of a liṅga
• लिंगरूपी: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier of अहम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: liṅga + rūpin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); उपपद-तत्पुरुष/कर्मधारयार्थः ('liṅga-rūpī' = having the form of a liṅga)

• कदाचन: ever; at any time
• कदाचन: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kadācana (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (temporal adverb)

Speaker

Śaṅkara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Unnamed jalāśraya within Prabhāsa narrative (contextual kunda)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A solemn exchange at a sacred waterbody: a radiant, fair-faced divine figure addresses a brāhmaṇa, declaring refusal to appear as a liṅga; the water shimmers, foreshadowing emergence.

Characters & Entities

• Śaṅkara (Śiva)
• Śiva-liṅga
• Sahasrākṣa (Indra)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Darśana is governed by divine will and worthiness; fear or impropriety can obstruct access to sacred revelation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The statement forms part of the Prabhāsa-kṣetra liṅga legend, reinforcing the extraordinary status of the local manifestation.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse is a doctrinal-narrative boundary on who receives liṅga-darśana.