Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

तत्र पुष्करसान्निध्ये दक्षिणे धनुषां त्रये । लिंगं प्रतिष्ठयामास रामेश्वरमिति श्रुतम्

Transliteration

tatra puṣkarasānnidhye dakṣiṇe dhanuṣāṃ traye | liṃgaṃ pratiṣṭhayāmāsa rāmeśvaramiti śrutam

Translation

وہاں پُشکر کے قریب، جنوب کی سمت تین کمان کے فاصلے پر، اس نے ایک لِنگ کی پرتیِشٹھا کی، جو ‘رامیشور’ کے نام سے مشہور سنا جاتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Locative setting/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (स्थानवाचक क्रियाविशेषण) — indeclinable adverb of place

• पुष्कर-सान्निध्ये: in the vicinity of Puṣkara
• पुष्कर-सान्निध्ये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्कर (प्रातिपदिक) + सान्निध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन — neuter locative singular; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (पुष्करस्य सान्निध्यम्)

• दक्षिणे: on the southern side
• दक्षिणे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दक्षिण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन — neuter locative singular (used adjectivally)

• धनुषाम्: of bows (as a measure)
• धनुषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनुस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन — neuter genitive plural

• त्रये: at (a distance of) three
• त्रये: Adhikarana (Measure-location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन — neuter locative singular; ‘in/at a triad (three)’

• लिङ्गम्: a liṅga (Śiva emblem)
• लिङ्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — neuter accusative singular

• प्रतिष्ठयामास: established
• प्रतिष्ठयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति-स्था (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परिप्रास/परफेक्ट), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — 3rd person singular perfect (periphrastic)

• रामेश्वरम्: (named) Rāmeśvara
• रामेश्वरम्: Karma (Object/apposition/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — masculine accusative singular; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (रामस्य ईश्वरः) नाम

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (उक्त्यर्थक/quotative particle) — indeclinable quotative

• श्रुतम्: is heard/known (as)
• श्रुतम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रु (धातु) → श्रुत (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — past passive participle ‘heard/known’; here predicative ‘is heard/known’

Speaker

Unclear from snippet; Purāṇic narrator within Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya describing a tīrtha-marker and liṅga-pratiṣṭhā

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rāmeśvara-liṅga (as named here) near Puṣkara-sannidhya

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rāma (Raghunandana) as addressed in surrounding verses (contextual continuity)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A consecration scene: a liṅga being set upon a pedestal at a spot south of Puṣkara; priests with vessels, flowers, and mantras; the shrine receives the name ‘Rāmeśvara’.

Characters & Entities

• Puṣkara
• Rāmeśvara
• Śiva-liṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Consecrating a Śiva-liṅga in a tīrtha sanctifies the landscape and becomes a lasting support for devotion and pilgrimage.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Puṣkara (in the Prabhāsa-kṣetra setting) and the nearby Rāmeśvara-liṅga location measured three bow-lengths to the south.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Liṅga-pratiṣṭhā (installation/consecration) is described as the key act.