Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 108

Devanagari script

कुक्कुटांडसमप्रख्यं सर्पमेखलमंडितम् । ममाद्यं परमं तेजो न चान्यो वेद कश्चन

Transliteration

kukkuṭāṃḍasamaprakhyaṃ sarpamekhalamaṃḍitam | mamādyaṃ paramaṃ tejo na cānyo veda kaścana

Translation

มันส่องประกายดุจไข่ไก่ และประดับด้วยเมขลานาค. นี่คือรัศมีดั้งเดิมอันสูงสุดของเรา—ผู้อื่นใดหาได้รู้แท้ไม่

Word by Word

• कुक्कुटाण्ड-सम-प्रख्यम्: resembling an egg of a hen
• कुक्कुटाण्ड-सम-प्रख्यम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कुक्कुटाण्ड (प्रातिपदिक) + सम (प्रातिपदिक/अव्यय) + प्रख्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (उपमान-निर्देशः: ‘कुक्कुटाण्डेन समं प्रख्यम्’); English: Neuter, Nom/Acc singular; Tatpurusha (comparative)

• सर्प-मेखला-मण्डितम्: adorned with a serpent-girdle
• सर्प-मेखला-मण्डितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्प (प्रातिपदिक) + मेखला (प्रातिपदिक) + मण्डित (कृदन्त, √मण्ड्/मण्ड् (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त; समासः—तत्पुरुष (‘सर्पमेखलया मण्डितम्’); English: Neuter Nom/Acc sg; past passive participle; Tatpurusha

• मम: of me / my
• मम: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम; English: Genitive singular pronoun

• आद्यम्: primeval / first
• आद्यम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आद्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; English: Neuter Nom/Acc singular

• परमम्: supreme
• परमम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; English: Neuter Nom/Acc singular

• तेजः: splendour / divine radiance
• तेजः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तेजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; English: Neuter nominative singular

• न: not
• न: Nishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle); English: negative particle

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction); English: conjunction

• अन्यः: another (person)
• अन्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; English: Masculine nominative singular

• वेद: knows
• वेद: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √विद् (धातु, ‘to know’)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; English: Present indicative, 3rd person singular, active

• कश्चन: anyone whatsoever
• कश्चन: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + चन (अव्यय-प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; अनिश्चित-प्रत्ययान्त सर्वनाम (‘some/any’); English: Masculine nominative singular, indefinite pronoun

Speaker

Śiva (Maheśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa sea-shore liṅga (tejas form)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Interlocutor/audience (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A compact, intensely radiant liṅga likened to a hen’s egg (smooth, oval brilliance), encircled by a serpent-girdle; the narrator’s voice stresses it as primordial supreme tejas unknown to others; the sea wind and salt-spray heighten the glow.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Śiva-liṅga
• Serpents (nāga)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva’s liṅga is not merely an object but a manifestation of primordial divine tejas, approached through reverence and purity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where a distinctive, exalted liṅga is described.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual here; it gives identifying marks for the sacred liṅga.