Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

कुर्वन्त्यन्ये लिंगपूजां प्रणामं च तथाऽपरे । प्रदक्षिणं प्रकुर्वन्ति साष्टांगं प्रणमन्ति च

Transliteration

kurvantyanye liṃgapūjāṃ praṇāmaṃ ca tathā'pare | pradakṣiṇaṃ prakurvanti sāṣṭāṃgaṃ praṇamanti ca

Translation

کچھ دوسرے لِنگ کی پوجا کرتے تھے، اور کچھ عقیدت سے پرنام کرتے۔ وہ پردکشنا کرتے اور ساشٹانگ دَندوت کے ساتھ سجدہ ریز بھی ہوتے تھے۔

Word by Word

• kurvanti: do/perform
• kurvanti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (कृ धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• anye: others
• anye: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• liṅga-pūjām: liṅga-worship
• liṅga-pūjām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga + pūjā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (लिङ्गस्य पूजा = worship of the liṅga)

• praṇāmam: salutation
• praṇāmam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: praṇāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक निपात

• tathā: likewise
• tathā: Sambandha (Manner adverb/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (thus/likewise)

• apare: others
• apare: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: apara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• pradakṣiṇam: circumambulation
• pradakṣiṇam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pradakṣiṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणवत् (as object: circumambulation)

• prakurvanti: perform
• prakurvanti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (कृ धातु) with pra- (उपसर्ग)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• sa-aṣṭāṅgam: with eight limbs (full prostration)
• sa-aṣṭāṅgam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa + aṣṭāṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुष (सहित-अष्टाङ्गम् = with eight limbs) used adjectivally (qualifying praṇāmam implied or the act of bowing)

• praṇamanti: bow down
• praṇamanti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √nam (नम् धातु) with pra- (उपसर्ग)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक निपात

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic voice within Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Somnātha at Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devotees and ascetics cluster around the liṅga: some offer flowers and water, others fold hands in praṇāma; lines of pilgrims move in pradakṣiṇā; a few lie in full sāṣṭāṅga prostration on the stone floor.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva-liṅga
• liṅga-pūjā
• pradakṣiṇā
• sāṣṭāṅga-praṇāma

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Embodied devotion—worship, circumambulation, and prostration—anchors humility and surrender before Śiva in a sacred place.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where Liṅga-worship and devotional bodily rites are actively practiced.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Liṅga-pūjā, praṇāma (salutation), pradakṣiṇā (circumambulation), and sāṣṭāṅga-praṇāma (full prostration).