Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

ब्रह्मेश्वरेति नामाढ्यं ब्राह्मणैश्च प्रतिष्ठितम् । ऋषितोयाजले स्नात्वा तल्लिंगं यः प्रपूजयेत् । स भवेद्वेदविद्विप्रो जाड्यभावविवर्जितः

Transliteration

brahmeśvareti nāmāḍhyaṃ brāhmaṇaiśca pratiṣṭhitam | ṛṣitoyājale snātvā talliṃgaṃ yaḥ prapūjayet | sa bhavedvedavidvipro jāḍyabhāvavivarjitaḥ

Translation

ศิวลึงค์นั้นเลื่องชื่อว่า “พรหมเมศวร” และได้รับการสถาปนาโดยพราหมณ์ทั้งหลาย ผู้ใดอาบน้ำในสายน้ำชื่อฤษิโตยะ แล้วบูชาศิวลึงค์นั้นด้วยศรัทธาอย่างยิ่ง ผู้นั้นย่อมเป็นพราหมณ์ผู้รู้พระเวท ปราศจากความทึบเขลาและอวิชชา

Word by Word

• ब्रह्मेश्वर: Brahmeśvara
• ब्रह्मेश्वर: Apposition (संज्ञा)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-एकवचन (संज्ञा-रूपेण); कर्मधारय (ब्रह्मा-ईश्वरः)

• इति: thus
• इति: Discourse marker (इति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• नामाढ्यम्: renowned by name
• नामाढ्यम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नामन् + आढ्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (नाम्ना आढ्यम् = ‘rich in name/renowned’); विशेषण (to लिङ्गम्, understood)

• ब्राह्मणैः: by Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• प्रतिष्ठितम्: established
• प्रतिष्ठितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र + स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (to लिङ्गम्, understood)

• ऋषितोयाजले: in the water called Ṛṣitoya
• ऋषितोयाजले: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि + तोय + जल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; कर्मधारय/समाहार-द्वन्द्वाभास (तोय=जल); अर्थतः ‘ऋषितोय’ इति संज्ञा-जलम्

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (to लिङ्गम्)

• लिङ्गम्: liṅga
• लिङ्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun)

• प्रपूजयेत्: should worship
• प्रपूजयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + पूज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• भवेत्: would become
• भवेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• वेदविद्: knower of the Veda
• वेदविद्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वेद + विद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुष (वेदं वेत्ति इति) विशेषण (to विप्रः)

• विप्रः: a learned Brahmin
• विप्रः: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेष्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• जाड्यभावविवर्जितः: free from dullness/ignorance
• जाड्यभावविवर्जितः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जाड्य + भाव + वि + वर्जित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (जाड्यभावेन विवर्जितः) विशेषण (to सः/विप्रः)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Brahmeśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brāhmaṇas consecrate a liṅga named Brahmeśvara; a pilgrim bathes in Ṛṣitoya and then offers flowers, bilva, water, and lamps to the liṅga; a subtle halo suggests awakening of veda-buddhi and removal of dullness.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmeśvara
• Brāhmaṇas
• Ṛṣitoya (water/tīrtha)
• Liṅga
• Veda

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purification (snāna) joined with reverent worship (pūjā) at a consecrated liṅga leads to clarity, learning, and dhārmic refinement.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Brahmeśvara Liṅga and the Ṛṣitoya water-source/tīrtha in Prabhāsakṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bathe in Ṛṣitoya water (snāna) and then worship (pūjā) the Brahmeśvara Liṅga.