Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

शशिभानूपरागे वा कार्त्तिक्यां तु विशेषतः । प्रभासस्थानि लिंगानि प्रपूज्यन्ते वरानने

Transliteration

śaśibhānūparāge vā kārttikyāṃ tu viśeṣataḥ | prabhāsasthāni liṃgāni prapūjyante varānane

Translation

چاند یا سورج گرہن کے وقت، یا خصوصاً کارتک کے مہینے میں، اے خوش رُو! پربھاس میں قائم شیو لِنگ بڑی بھکتی سے پوجے جاتے ہیں۔

Word by Word

• शशिभानूपरागे: at the lunar/solar eclipse
• शशिभानूपरागे: Adhikarana (Time-location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शशि (प्रातिपदिक) + भानु (प्रातिपदिक) + उपराग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन (Masculine, Locative, Singular); तत्पुरुष (चन्द्र-सूर्य-उपरागे = lunar/solar eclipse time)

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (Alternative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय—विकल्पार्थक-निपात (disjunctive particle)

• कार्त्तिक्याम्: in (the time of) Kārttikī / in Kārttika
• कार्त्तिक्याम्: Adhikarana (Time-location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्त्तिकी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन (Feminine, Locative, Singular); मास/तिथि-सम्बन्ध (in Kārttikī / in the month of Kārttika)

• तु: but; indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय—विरोध/विशेषणार्थक-निपात (particle: ‘but/indeed’)

• विशेषतः: especially
• विशेषतः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विशेषतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय—प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (manner adverb: ‘especially’)

• प्रभासस्थानि: situated at Prabhāsa
• प्रभासस्थानि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रभास (प्रातिपदिक) + स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Neuter, Nominative, Plural); तत्पुरुष (प्रभासे स्थितानि)

• लिङ्गानि: liṅgas
• लिङ्गानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Neuter, Nominative, Plural)

• प्रपूज्यन्ते: are worshipped well; are duly worshipped
• प्रपूज्यन्ते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु) + प्र (उपसर्ग)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive), आत्मनेपद (Present, 3rd person, Plural, Passive)

• वरानने: O fair-faced one
• वरानने: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर + आनन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Feminine, Vocative, Singular); कर्मधारय (beautiful-faced)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-sthāna liṅgas

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Addressed to a ‘varānane’ (fair-faced lady) within the narrative frame

Visual Art Cues

Scene: An eclipse-darkened sky over the sea; devotees crowd Prabhāsa liṅgas with lamps and flowers; in Kārttika, rows of dīpas illuminate the shrine precincts.

Characters & Entities

• Kārttika (month)
• Solar eclipse
• Lunar eclipse
• Prabhāsa
• Śiva-liṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred times (Kārttika and eclipses) amplify devotion; worship performed then at a powerful tīrtha yields heightened spiritual fruit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, specifically its revered Śiva-liṅgas.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Special Śiva-liṅga pūjā at Prabhāsa during eclipses and particularly throughout Kārttika.