Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 95

Devanagari script

गर्ते निक्षिप्य तद्देहं पूरयामास वै पुनः । लिंगं संस्थापयामास तस्योपरि जनार्द्दनः

Transliteration

garte nikṣipya taddehaṃ pūrayāmāsa vai punaḥ | liṃgaṃ saṃsthāpayāmāsa tasyopari janārddanaḥ

Translation

اس جسم کو ایک گڑھے میں ڈال کر اس پر پھر مٹی بھر دی۔ پھر جناردن نے اسی کے اوپر شِو لِنگ کی स्थापना کی۔

Word by Word

• गर्ते: in a pit
• गर्ते: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गर्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• निक्षिप्य: having thrown/placed
• निक्षिप्य: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √क्षिप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (Gerund), उपसर्ग: नि

• तत्-देहम्: that body / his body
• तत्-देहम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + देह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive relation: 'his body')

• पूरयामास: filled (it)
• पूरयामास: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पूर् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; णिच् (causative) भाव: 'caused to fill'

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha/Emphasis (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (निपात)
• Form: निपात (particle/emphasis)

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Kriya-viseshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

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

• संस्थापयामास: installed / set up
• संस्थापयामास: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्था (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; णिच् (causative) + उपसर्ग: सम्

• तस्य: of it / of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• उपरि: upon / above
• उपरि: Desha-adhikarana (देश-अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उपरि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (prepositional adverb)

• जनार्द्दनः: Janārdana (Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa)
• जनार्द्दनः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनार्द्दन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic voice within Dvārakā Māhātmya; likely Sūta/Skanda framework)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śiva-liṅga established by Janārdana in Dvārakā (name not specified in verse)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Janārdana completes a burial in a pit, earth being filled in; above it he establishes a Śiva-liṅga—simple, dark stone, anointed—while the atmosphere shifts from battle dust to ritual calm.

Characters & Entities

• Janārdana
• Śiva-liṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇa highlights reverence across traditions: Janārdana himself establishes a Śiva-liṅga, teaching unity in devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā Māhātmya frames this as a site-origin moment, implying a sanctified spot connected with a liṅga installation near Dvārakā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Liṅga-pratiṣṭhā (installation of a Śiva-liṅga) is described as an act establishing sacred merit and place-sanctity.