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

Sa timog naroon ang liṅga na Śatamedha, na nagkakaloob ng bunga ng sandaang paghahandog (yajña). Doon din, noong unang panahon, si Kārtavīrya ay nagsagawa nga ng sandaang yajña.

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.