Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

समाराध्य त्विदं लिंगं प्राप्तः स्थानं महोदयम् । ततो जातं नाम तस्य श्वेतकेत्वीश्वरं श्रुतम्

Transliteration

samārādhya tvidaṃ liṃgaṃ prāptaḥ sthānaṃ mahodayam | tato jātaṃ nāma tasya śvetaketvīśvaraṃ śrutam

Translation

เมื่อบูชาลึงคะนี้โดยถูกต้องตามพิธี เขาก็บรรลุภาวะอันสูงส่ง ด้วยเหตุนั้นนามจึงเป็นที่รู้จักว่า “เศวตเกตุวีศวร”

Word by Word

• समाराध्य: having worshipped well
• समाराध्य: Kriyā (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-राध् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); ‘सम्यक् आराध्य’ (having duly worshipped/propitiated)

• तु: indeed; and
• तु: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विरोध/अन्वयबोधक (but/indeed)

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Determiner)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

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

• प्राप्तः: attained; reached
• प्राप्तः: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तरि (having obtained/reached)

• स्थानम्: abode; place
• स्थानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• महोदयम्: highly auspicious; exalted
• महोदयम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of स्थानम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महā-उदय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारयः ‘महान् उदयः यस्य’ (very auspicious/exalted)

• ततः: thereafter
• ततः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तदनन्तरं (thereafter)

• जातम्: arose; came into being
• जातम्: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; भावे/कर्तरि (arose/was born)

• नाम: name
• नाम: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तस्य: of it/of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुं/नपुंस; षष्ठी, एकवचन

• श्वेतकेत्वीश्वरम्: Śvetaketvīśvara (name/title)
• श्वेतकेत्वीश्वरम्: Karta (Apposition to नाम)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्वेतकेतु-ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ‘श्वेतकेतोः ईश्वरः’ (Lord of Śvetaketu; name of the liṅga/temple)

• श्रुतम्: was heard/known (as)
• श्रुतम्: Kriyā (Predicate complement)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘प्रसिद्धम्/श्रुतम्’ (well-known/heard of)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śvetaketvīśvara

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śvetaketu worships the liṅga with offerings; the shrine gains renown as Śvetaketvīśvara, while the devotee attains an exalted state.

Characters & Entities

• Śvetaketvīśvara
• Śvetaketu
• Liṅga
• Prabhāsakṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Wholehearted worship (samārādhana) leads to spiritual elevation, and the devotee’s sanctity becomes inseparable from the tīrtha’s identity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, through the liṅga famed as Śvetaketvīśvara.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Samārādhana—proper worship and propitiation of the liṅga—is highlighted as the means to attain an exalted spiritual state.