Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 17

Devanagari script

एवमुक्त्वा स भगवांस्तत्रैवान्तरधीयत । तस्मात्सर्वप्रयत्नेन तत्र श्राद्धं समाचरेत् । पूजयेत्तन्महादेवि पितृलिंगं सुरप्रियम्

Transliteration

evamuktvā sa bhagavāṃstatraivāntaradhīyata | tasmātsarvaprayatnena tatra śrāddhaṃ samācaret | pūjayettanmahādevi pitṛliṃgaṃ surapriyam

Translation

ครั้นตรัสดังนี้แล้ว พระผู้เป็นเจ้าก็อันตรธาน ณ ที่นั้นเอง เพราะฉะนั้นพึงเพียรพยายามอย่างยิ่งประกอบพิธีศราทธะ ณ สถานที่นั้น; และข้าแต่มหาเทวี พึงบูชาปิตฤลิงคะอันเป็นที่รักของเหล่าเทวะ

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Manner (प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्ययम् (adverb)

• उक्त्वा: having spoken
• उक्त्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्तः (gerund/absolutive), पूर्वक्रिया

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; सर्वनाम

• भगवान्: the Blessed Lord
• भगवान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्ययम् (locative adverb)

• एव: indeed; just
• एव: Discourse particle (निपातार्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (निपात)
• Form: निपातः (restrictive/emphatic particle)

• अन्तर्धीयत: disappeared
• अन्तर्धीयत: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अन्तर्√धा (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), प्रथम-पुरुषः (3rd person), एकवचनम्; आत्मनेपदम्

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, पञ्चमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; सर्वनाम

• सर्वप्रयत्नेन: with all effort
• सर्वप्रयत्नेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + प्रयत्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः (Instrumental), एकवचनम्; कर्मधारयः (सर्वः प्रयत्नः)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्ययम् (locative adverb)

• श्राद्धम्: śrāddha rite
• श्राद्धम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्राद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (Accusative), एकवचनम्

• समाचरेत्: should perform
• समाचरेत्: Kriya (Injunction/विधि)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ√चर् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुषः (3rd person), एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• पूजयेत्: should worship
• पूजयेत्: Kriya (Injunction/विधि)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुषः (3rd person), एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; सर्वनाम; ‘पितृलिङ्गम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• महादेवि: O great goddess
• महादेवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महादेवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, सम्बोधन-विभक्तिः (Vocative), एकवचनम्; कर्मधारयः (महती देवी)

• पितृलिङ्गम्: the ancestral liṅga
• पितृलिङ्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ + लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (पितॄणां लिङ्गम्)

• सुरप्रियम्: dear to the gods
• सुरप्रियम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुर + प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (सुराणां प्रियम्); ‘पितृलिङ्गम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

Speaker

Narrator (contextual), with direct speech previously by Īśvara/Śiva; vocative indicates address to Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Pitṛ-liṅga at Prabhāsa (within Ṛṇamocana-tīrtha circuit)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (addressed as ‘mahādevi’)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A divine speaker finishes instruction and vanishes at the tīrtha; pilgrims perform śrāddha beside a sacred liṅga marked as Pitṛ-liṅga, with offerings of piṇḍa, tila, and water under coastal light of Prabhāsa.

Characters & Entities

• Bhagavān
• Mahādevī
• Pitṛliṅga
• Śrāddha
• Suras

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha’s greatness is fulfilled by prescribed action—perform śrāddha and worship the sacred emblem to complete one’s dharma toward ancestors.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Prabhāsa-kṣetra location of the Pitṛ-liṅga/Ṛṇamocana context where śrāddha is urged.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śrāddha at that place and pūjā of the Pitṛ-liṅga.