Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

ईश्वर उवाच । तस्याग्नेये तु देवेशि अरुणेन प्रतिष्ठितम् । धनुषां च त्रये तत्र सिद्धलिंगसमीपतः

Transliteration

īśvara uvāca | tasyāgneye tu deveśi aruṇena pratiṣṭhitam | dhanuṣāṃ ca traye tatra siddhaliṃgasamīpataḥ

Translation

ایشور نے فرمایا: اے دیویوں کی دیوی! اس کے آگنیہ (جنوب مشرق) سمت میں ارُن نے ایک لِنگ کی پرتِشٹھا کی ہے۔ وہ سِدّھ لِنگ کے نزدیک، تین کمانوں کے فاصلے پر واقع ہے۔

Word by Word

• ईश्वरः: Īśvara
• ईश्वरः: Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपदी, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• तस्य: of it/of that
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• आग्नेये: in the southeastern (quarter)
• आग्नेये: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आग्नेय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: विशेषण, नपुंसकलिङ्गे/पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; दिक्/कोण-विशेषण (southeastern)

• तु: indeed/and
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, विरोध/विशेषार्थक (particle)

• देवेशि: O lady of the gods (Deveśī)
• देवेशि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवेशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• अरुणेन: by Aruṇa
• अरुणेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अरुण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• प्रतिष्ठितम्: was established
• प्रतिष्ठितम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-स्था (धातु)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (PPP), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; (लिङ्गम्/स्थलम् इत्यादि) अव्यक्त-विशेष्येण सह

• धनुषाम्: of bows (as a measure)
• धनुषाम्: Sambandha (Measure-genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनुस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; परिमाणार्थे (of bows’ length)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• त्रये: at three (bows’ distance)
• त्रये: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; परिमाण/अधिकरणार्थे: ‘त्रये (धनुषां)’ = at a distance of three bows

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• सिद्धलिङ्गसमीपतः: near the Siddha-liṅga
• सिद्धलिङ्गसमीपतः: Apadana/Desha (Near/from near/अपादान-देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सिद्ध-लिङ्ग-समīप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त ‘-तः’), पञ्चमी-अर्थे; ‘सिद्धलिङ्गस्य समीपात्/समीपे’

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Aruṇa-pratiṣṭhita liṅga (near Siddhaliṅga)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim stands near Siddhaliṅga; a guide gestures toward the south-east where a smaller liṅga, established by Aruṇa, sits within a modest shrine, the distance marked as ‘three bow-lengths’.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara (Śiva)
• Devī
• Aruṇa
• Siddhaliṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Holy places are not abstract: the Purāṇa preserves precise sacred geography, linking spiritual merit to specific shrines and their consecrators.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A liṅga consecrated by Aruṇa, located near Siddhaliṅga in Prabhāsa-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct rite is prescribed here; the verse provides locational guidance for pilgrimage and darśana.