Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

दक्षिणे शतमेधं तु शतयज्ञफलप्रदम् । कार्तवीर्य्येण तत्रैव कृतं यज्ञशतं पुरा

Transliteration

dakṣiṇe śatamedhaṃ tu śatayajñaphalapradam | kārtavīryyeṇa tatraiva kṛtaṃ yajñaśataṃ purā

Translation

ทางทิศใต้มีลึงค์นามว่า ศตเมธะ ผู้ประทานผลแห่งยัญญะร้อยประการ ณ ที่นั้นแต่กาลก่อน การ์ตวีรยะได้ประกอบยัญญะร้อยครั้งจริงแท้

Word by Word

• दक्षिणे: on the south (side)
• दक्षिणे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दक्षिण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (दिशावाचक), सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• शतमेधम्: Śatamedha (liṅga)
• शतमेधम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत-मेध (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तु: and/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात; अवधान/विरोधार्थक

• शतयज्ञफलप्रदम्: bestowing the fruit of a hundred sacrifices
• शतयज्ञफलप्रदम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शत-यज्ञ-फल-प्रद (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (शतयज्ञानां फलस्य प्रदः)

• कार्तवीर्य्येण: by Kārtavīrya
• कार्तवीर्य्येण: Kartrikarana (Agent-instrumental/कर्ता-तृतीया)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्तवीर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक

• एव: itself/indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात; अवधारणार्थक

• कृतम्: done/performed
• कृतम्: Kriya (Result state/क्रियाफल)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अत्र 'यज्ञशतम्' इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• यज्ञशतम्: a hundred sacrifices
• यज्ञशतम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ-शत (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः (शतं यज्ञाः)

• पुरा: formerly
• पुरा: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

Speaker

Deductive (Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya narrator, traditionally Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa addressing sages)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śatamedha-liṅga

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At the southern edge of the sacred complex stands the Śatamedha-liṅga; a narrative vignette recalls Kārtavīrya’s grand yajñas, with the liṅga as the enduring witness.

Characters & Entities

• Śatamedha (Liṅga/Tīrtha)
• Kārtavīrya (Kārtavīrya Arjuna)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage to Prabhāsa is presented as a dharmic ‘shortcut’ where devotion at a sacred liṅga yields the merit of great Vedic sacrifices.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Śatamedha—identified as a southern liṅga/tīrtha within Prabhāsa Kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription here; it highlights yajña-merit, recalling Kārtavīrya’s hundred sacrifices as the site’s sanctifying precedent.