Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 82

Devanagari script

सूर्य्यबिंबसमप्रख्यं सर्प मेखलमंडितम् । कुक्कुटांडकमानं तद्भूमिमध्ये व्यवस्थितम्

Transliteration

sūryyabiṃbasamaprakhyaṃ sarpa mekhalamaṃḍitam | kukkuṭāṃḍakamānaṃ tadbhūmimadhye vyavasthitam

Translation

มันส่องประกายดุจดวงอาทิตย์ ประดับด้วยงูเป็นเมขลา; มีขนาดเท่าไข่ไก่ ตั้งมั่นอยู่ ณ กลางผืนดินนั้นโดยแท้

Word by Word

• सूर्यबिम्बसमप्रख्यम्: having a brilliance equal to the sun’s disc
• सूर्यबिम्बसमप्रख्यम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सूर्य (प्रातिपदिक) + बिम्ब (प्रातिपदिक) + सम (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + प्रख्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (neuter, nominative/accusative singular; adjective)

• सर्प: a serpent
• सर्प: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन (masculine, nominative singular)

• मेखलामण्डितम्: adorned with a girdle
• मेखलामण्डितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मेखला (प्रातिपदिक) + मण्डित (कृदन्त; √मण्ड्/मड् (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि/भूतकृत् (neuter nom/acc sg; past passive participle used adjectivally)

• कुक्कुटाण्डकमानम्: of the size of a hen’s egg
• कुक्कुटाण्डकमानम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कुक्कुट (प्रातिपदिक) + अण्डक (प्रातिपदिक) + मान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (neuter nom/acc sg; adjective)

• तत्: that (object)
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम (neuter nom/acc sg; pronoun)

• भूमि: of the ground/earth
• भूमि: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूमि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी विभक्ति, एकवचन (feminine, genitive singular)

• मध्ये: in the middle
• मध्ये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति, एकवचन (neuter, locative singular)

• व्यवस्थितम्: situated/placed
• व्यवस्थितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि + अव + √स्था (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (neuter nom/acc sg; past passive participle)

Speaker

Dakṣa

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sparśa-liṅga (descriptive iconography)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Soma

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A small egg-sized liṅga emerges from the earth’s center, blazing like the sun; a serpent coils as a jeweled belt around it, the ground around subtly sanctified.

Characters & Entities

• Svayaṃbhū Liṅga
• Serpent (Nāga imagery)
• Sūrya (sun imagery)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The divine can be present in a small, tangible form—radiant and numinous—inviting embodied devotion at a specific sacred spot.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The svayaṃbhū liṅga within Prabhāsa-kṣetra, described as set in the earth’s midst near the sacred coastal region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite; the verse provides recognizable markers for identifying the liṅga at the site.