Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

स्थापयित्वा शिवं सूर्यो गंगासागरसंगमे । निरामयोऽभूत्सोमश्च प्रभासे पश्चिमोदधेः

Transliteration

sthāpayitvā śivaṃ sūryo gaṃgāsāgarasaṃgame | nirāmayo'bhūtsomaśca prabhāse paścimodadheḥ

Translation

เมื่อสุริยะได้สถาปนาพระศิวะ ณ จุดบรรจบแห่งคงคากับมหาสมุทร ก็ถึงความสมบูรณ์; และโสมะ (จันทรา) ก็พ้นโรค ณ ประภาส ริมสมุทรทิศตะวันตก

Word by Word

• स्थापयित्वा: having installed
• स्थापयित्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु) + णिच् → स्थापयति; स्थापयित्वा (कृदन्त—क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• शिवम्: Śiva
• शिवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• सूर्यः: the Sun-god
• सूर्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• गङ्गासागर-सङ्गमे: at the confluence of the Gaṅgā and the ocean
• गङ्गासागर-सङ्गमे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गङ्गा-सागर-सङ्गम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; स्थानवाचक

• निरामयः: free from disease
• निरामयः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर्-आमय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; ‘सोमः’ इति विशेष्यस्य

• अभूत्: became
• अभूत्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सोमः: Soma (Moon)
• सोमः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक

• प्रभासे: at Prabhāsa
• प्रभासे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; स्थानवाचक

• पश्चिमोदधेः: of the western ocean
• पश्चिमोदधेः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पश्चिम-उदधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध—‘पश्चिमः उदधिः’

Speaker

Deductive: Narratorial voice within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya (speaker not explicit in this verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa (western sea tīrtha)

Type: sangam

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣi assembly

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At a luminous ocean-confluence, Sūrya installs a Śiva-liṅga; Soma, pale and afflicted, approaches and is restored to health at Prabhāsa by Śiva’s grace.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Sūrya
• Soma
• Gaṅgā
• Prabhāsa
• Western Ocean

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion expressed through establishing Śiva (liṅga-pratiṣṭhā) at a sacred confluence grants purification and relief from afflictions.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra on the western seashore, and the Gaṅgā–ocean confluence (Gaṅgā-sāgara saṅgama) as a sacred setting for worship.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śiva-pratiṣṭhā (installing/establishing Śiva, typically a liṅga) at a tīrtha; implied worship at the saṅgama.