Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 18

Devanagari script

स्थापयित्वेश्वरं श्वेतशैले बलिविरोचनौ । उभावपि हि संजातावमरौ बलिनां वरौ

Transliteration

sthāpayitveśvaraṃ śvetaśaile balivirocanau | ubhāvapi hi saṃjātāvamarau balināṃ varau

Translation

ครั้นอัญเชิญพระเป็นเจ้าประดิษฐาน ณ ศเวตไศละแล้ว พลีและวิโรจนะ—ทั้งสอง—บังเกิดเป็นอมตะ เป็นยอดแห่งผู้ทรงพลังทั้งหลาย

Word by Word

• स्थापयित्वा: having स्थापित (set up)
• स्थापयित्वा: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्यय (absolutive/gerund), अव्यय; णिच्-प्रयोगार्थ (causative sense) — ‘having caused to be established’

• ईश्वरम्: Īśvara (Śiva)
• ईश्वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• श्वेतशैले: on the White Mountain
• श्वेतशैले: Adhikarana (Place/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्वेत (प्रातिपदिक) + शैल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः—‘श्वेतः शैलः’ (white mountain)

• बलिविरोचनौ: Bali and Virocana
• बलिविरोचनौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बलि (प्रातिपदिक) + विरोचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), द्विवचन; द्वन्द्वः—‘बलिः च विरोचनः च’

• उभाव्: both
• उभाव्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उभ (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), द्विवचन; सर्वनाम

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha/Emphasis particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अव्यय

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha/Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• संजातौ: were born/became
• संजातौ: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + जन् (धातु)
• Form: भूतकालिक-कर्तरि क्त-प्रत्यय (past participle used predicatively); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), द्विवचन

• अमरौ: immortals/devas
• अमरौ: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), द्विवचन; विधेय (predicate nominative)

• बलिनाम्: of the strong
• बलिनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बलिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन

• वरौ: excellent/best
• वरौ: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), द्विवचन; विशेषण (अमरौ) / विधेयविशेषण

Speaker

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

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śvetaśaila-īśvara (liṅga at Śvetaśaila)

Type: peak

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī/Umā (implied by surrounding address in chapter)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On a pale-white hill (Śvetaśaila), Bali and Virocana perform solemn liṅga-pratiṣṭhā with offerings; the installed Śiva radiates, conferring deathlessness; attendants hold kalaśas, lamps, and bilva leaves.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara (Śiva)
• Śvetaśaila
• Bali
• Virocana

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva worship transcends birth and lineage; even famed mighty beings gain exalted states through devotion and installation of the Lord.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Śvetaśaila, highlighted as a locale sanctified by Īśvara-pratiṣṭhā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Īśvara-sthāpana (establishing the Lord/Śiva) at Śvetaśaila.