Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

लिंगं तत्र प्रतिष्ठाप्य तोषयामास शांकरम् । स देवं प्रार्थयामास पुत्रं चैवामितौजसम्

Transliteration

liṃgaṃ tatra pratiṣṭhāpya toṣayāmāsa śāṃkaram | sa devaṃ prārthayāmāsa putraṃ caivāmitaujasam

Translation

وہاں اس نے لِنگ کی پرتِشٹھا کر کے شنکر کو راضی کیا؛ پھر اس نے دیوتا سے بے پایاں جلال والے بیٹے کی دعا مانگی۔

Word by Word

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

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Deśa-adhikaraṇa (Location adjunct/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण) = locative adverb ‘there’

• प्रतिष्ठाप्य: having installed
• प्रतिष्ठाप्य: Purvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति-√स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्यय; ‘having स्थापित/installed’

• तोषयामास: pleased, satisfied
• तोषयामास: Kriyā (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √तुष् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect) periphrastic, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; causative sense ‘to please’

• शाङ्करम्: Śaṅkara (Śiva)
• शाङ्करम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाङ्कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; शङ्करसम्बन्धी/शिवः

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• देवम्: the god (Śiva)
• देवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• प्रार्थयामास: requested, prayed to
• प्रार्थयामास: Kriyā (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-√अर्थ् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect) periphrastic, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; causative sense ‘to request/pray’

• पुत्रम्: a son
• पुत्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक conjunction)

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: Emphasis (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निश्चय/अवधारण particle)

• अमितौजसम्: of immeasurable vigor
• अमितौजसम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective of कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अमित-ओजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; ‘अमितम् ओजः यस्य’ (as adjective to पुत्रम्)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (liṅga-pratiṣṭhā spot)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Daśaratha installs a Śiva-liṅga at Prabhāsa, performs abhiṣeka and offerings, and prays with folded hands for a radiant son; Śaṅkara’s presence is felt as blessing light.

Characters & Entities

• Śaṅkara (Śiva)
• Liṅga
• Daśaratha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion expressed through consecration (pratiṣṭhā) and worship becomes a dharmic means to obtain divine grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, where the liṅga was installed and Śiva was propitiated.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Liṅga-pratiṣṭhā (establishing/consecrating a liṅga) and worship/propitiation of Śaṅkara.