Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 110

Devanagari script

आदिकल्पे महर्षीणां शापेन पतितं मम । लिंगं सागरमध्ये तु तत्त्वं शीघ्रं समानय

Transliteration

ādikalpe maharṣīṇāṃ śāpena patitaṃ mama | liṃgaṃ sāgaramadhye tu tattvaṃ śīghraṃ samānaya

Translation

ในอาทิกัลป์ ด้วยคำสาปของมหาฤๅษีทั้งหลาย ลึงค์ของเราตกลงกลางมหาสมุทร จงอัญเชิญสัจธรรมอันศักดิ์สิทธิ์นั้นขึ้นมาโดยเร็ว

Word by Word

• आदि-कल्पे: in the primordial aeon
• आदि-कल्पे: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदि (प्रातिपदिक) + कल्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (‘आदौ कल्पे’/‘आदिकल्पे’); English: Masculine locative singular; Tatpurusha

• महर्षीणाम्: of the great sages
• महर्षीणाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महर्षि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी विभक्ति, बहुवचन; English: Masculine genitive plural

• शापेन: by (their) curse
• शापेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; English: Masculine instrumental singular

• पतितम्: fallen
• पतितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पतित (कृदन्त, √पत् (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि; English: Neuter Nom/Acc sg; fallen

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

• लिङ्गम्: the liṅga
• लिङ्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; (आज्ञार्थे कर्मरूपेण); English: Neuter acc./nom. singular

• सागर-मध्ये: in the ocean’s midst
• सागर-मध्ये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सागर (प्रातिपदिक) + मध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (‘सागरस्य मध्ये’); English: Neuter locative singular

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha-bodhaka (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle); English: particle

• तत्त्वम्: the reality / true state
• तत्त्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तत्त्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; English: Neuter accusative singular

• शीघ्रम्: quickly
• शीघ्रम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शीघ्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण अव्ययीभूत-नपुंसक एकवचन (adverbial accusative); English: adverb ‘quickly’

• समानय: bring (here)
• समानय: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + √नी (धातु, ‘to bring’)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (आज्ञार्थ), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; English: Imperative, 2nd person singular, active

Speaker

Śiva (Maheśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Somnātha)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A divine command scene: the Lord indicates that His liṅga, fallen due to ṛṣi-śāpa in the primordial age, lies in the ocean’s midst; attendants prepare to retrieve it from the waves under a charged sky.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Mahārṣis
• Śiva-liṅga
• Ocean (sāgara)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even when sacred power is obscured by curse or fate, divine will provides a dharmic means of restoration.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra and its ocean-linked Śiva-liṅga tradition.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

An instruction to retrieve the liṅga; the formal consecration details follow in subsequent verses.