Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 44

Devanagari script

इति संचिंत्य मनसा तत्रैव निरताऽभवत् । पूजयामास तल्लिंगं दिव्याब्दानां शतं प्रिये

Transliteration

iti saṃciṃtya manasā tatraiva niratā'bhavat | pūjayāmāsa talliṃgaṃ divyābdānāṃ śataṃ priye

Translation

یوں دل میں یہ سوچ کر وہ وہیں ثابت قدم بھکتی میں رہ گئی، اور اے محبوبہ! اس نے اُس لِنگ کی سو دیویہ برس تک پوجا کی۔

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इत्यादि-उक्त्यर्थक — Indeclinable; quotative particle

• संचिन्त्य: having reflected
• संचिन्त्य: Purvakala (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्-चिन्त् (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त/ल्यपन्त अव्ययकृदन्त; पूर्वकालिक-क्रिया — Gerund (absolutive)

• मनसा: with (her) mind
• मनसा: Karana (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक — Indeclinable; locative adverb

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक — Indeclinable; emphatic particle

• निरता: devoted/engaged
• निरता: Karta (Subject/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नि-रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण — Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• अभवत्: became
• अभवत्: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (अनद्यतनभूत), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन — Imperfect, Active, 3rd person singular

• पूजयामास: worshipped
• पूजयामास: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु) + यामास (परिप्रयोग)
• Form: परिप्रयोगः (यामास-सहायेन), लिट्-अर्थे भूतार्थक; परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन — Periphrastic perfect-like past, Active, 3rd singular

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण — Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• लिङ्गम्: liṅga (Śiva-emblem)
• लिङ्गम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• दिव्याब्दानाम्: of divine years
• दिव्याब्दानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव्य-अब्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः (दिव्याः अब्दाः) — Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• शतम्: a hundred
• शतम्: Karma (Measure/extent)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; संख्यावाचक — Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• प्रिये: O dear (one)
• प्रिये: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Feminine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

Sūta (addressing the listener as 'priye' within narration) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Akṣamāleśvara (within Prabhāsa-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devoted woman seated near a sacred liṅga in Prabhāsa, absorbed in contemplation, performing daily worship across vast time; lamps, bilva leaves, and a serene coastal sacred landscape implied.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva-liṅga
• Arundhatī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steady devotion and sustained worship at a sacred spot transforms karma and yields enduring spiritual merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, with focus on worship at the liṅga later known in this chapter’s māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Liṅga-pūjā (worship of the Śiva-liṅga) with unwavering commitment over a prolonged period.