Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 21

Devanagari script

तस्मान्मया समायुक्ताः सर्वे तत्र दिवौकसः । व्रजंतु येन तल्लिंगं स्थाने संस्थापयेच्छिवः

Transliteration

tasmānmayā samāyuktāḥ sarve tatra divaukasaḥ | vrajaṃtu yena talliṃgaṃ sthāne saṃsthāpayecchivaḥ

Translation

Kaya nga, kayong lahat na nananahan sa langit na aking tinipon, magtungo roon—upang maibalik ni Śiva ang liṅga sa nararapat nitong kinalalagyan.

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore; from that
• तस्मात्: Apadana (Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुं/नपुंसक, पञ्चमी (ablative), एकवचन (singular)

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana/Agent-in-passive (Instrument/कर्ता-भाव)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, तृतीया (instrumental), एकवचन (singular)

• समायुक्ताः: assembled/appointed
• समायुक्ताः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + युज् (धातु) + युक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (nominative), बहुवचन (plural)

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (nominative), बहुवचन (plural)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable), स्थानवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• दिवौकसः: the dwellers of heaven (gods)
• दिवौकसः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव् (प्रातिपदिक) + ओकस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative: ‘of heaven’), पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (nominative), बहुवचन (plural)

• व्रजन्तु: let them go
• व्रजन्तु: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्रज् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (plural)

• येन: by which; so that
• येन: Karana/Hetu (Means/Reason)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया (instrumental), एकवचन (singular)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (accusative), एकवचन (singular)

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

• स्थाने: in (its) place
• स्थाने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), सप्तमी (locative), एकवचन (singular)

• संस्थापयेत्: should establish
• संस्थापयेत्: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + स्था (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular); णिच् (causative) भावः

• शिवः: Śiva
• शिवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (nominative), एकवचन (singular)

Speaker

Pitāmaha (Brahmā) (reported by Sūta) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda-associated Śiva-liṅga (to be re-established)

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: narādhipa (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmā commands; devas rise in disciplined formation, weapons and ritual vessels in hand, setting out through the sky toward the shrine where the liṅga must be re-established by Śiva.

Characters & Entities

• Pitāmaha (Brahmā)
• divaukasaḥ (devas)
• Śiva
• liṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Restoring the sacred center (liṅga) is portrayed as restoring dharma itself—cosmic harmony returns through correct re-establishment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The command points back to Arbuda-kṣetra, the sacred destination where the liṅga must be re-established.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Liṅga-saṃsthāpana (re-establishing/enshrining the liṅga in its proper place) is the implied ritual action.