Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

तं दृष्ट्वा च महादेवि रूपवाञ्जायते नरः । गंधर्वैः स्थापितं लिंगं स्नात्वा संपूजयेत्सकृत् । सर्वान्कामानवाप्नोति रक्तकण्ठश्च जायते

Transliteration

taṃ dṛṣṭvā ca mahādevi rūpavāñjāyate naraḥ | gaṃdharvaiḥ sthāpitaṃ liṃgaṃ snātvā saṃpūjayetsakṛt | sarvānkāmānavāpnoti raktakaṇṭhaśca jāyate

Translation

ครั้นได้เห็นแล้ว โอ้มหาเทวี บุคคลย่อมงามสง่า ครั้นอาบน้ำแล้วบูชาลึงค์ที่เหล่าคันธรรพ์สถาปนาไว้ แม้เพียงครั้งเดียว ก็ย่อมได้สมปรารถนาทั้งปวง และย่อมเป็น ‘รัคตกัณฐะ’ (คอแดง)

Word by Word

• तम्: him/that (liṅga/place)
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दृश् (धातु) + त्वा (प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (conjunction)

• महादेवि: O Mahādevī
• महादेवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महादेवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• रूपवान्: handsome, possessing beauty
• रूपवान्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रूपवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying नरः)

• जायते: becomes, is born
• जायते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• गन्धर्वैः: by the Gandharvas
• गन्धर्वैः: Karana (Agent-instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्धर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), बहुवचन

• स्थापितम्: established, installed
• स्थापितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्था (धातु) + णिच् (causative) + क्त (प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (PPP); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying लिङ्गम्)

• लिङ्गम्: liṅga (Śiva emblem)
• लिङ्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्ना (धातु) + त्वा (प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

• सम्पूजयेत्: should worship fully
• सम्पूजयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु) + सम् (उपसर्ग)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सकृत्: once
• सकृत्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सकृत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; काल/आवृत्त्यर्थक (once)

• सर्वान्: all
• सर्वान्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying कामान्)

• कामान्: desires, wishes
• कामान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), बहुवचन

• अवाप्नोति: obtains
• अवाप्नोति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आप् (धातु) + अव (उपसर्ग)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• रक्तकण्ठः: (one) with a red throat; Raktakaṇṭha (name/epithet)
• रक्तकण्ठः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रक्त + कण्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (conjunction)

• जायते: becomes
• जायते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) (continuing instruction to Devī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gaṃdharveśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī/Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant liṅga shrine where Gandharvas are shown as celestial musicians who once installed the liṅga; a pilgrim bathes, offers worship once, and is depicted emerging with enhanced beauty and a symbolic red throat/neck mark.

Characters & Entities

• Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
• Gaṃdharvas
• Gaṃdharveśvara Liṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even a single sincere act—darśana, snāna, and pūjā—at a sanctified liṅga is praised as transformative and wish-fulfilling.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Gaṃdharveśvara, a Śiva-liṅga in Prabhāsa Kṣetra said to be established by the Gandharvas.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bathe (snāna) and worship (saṃpūjā) the Gaṃdharvas-established liṅga, even once, for stated spiritual and worldly fruits.