Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

स्वर्गार्थिनो वयं प्राप्ता महदध्वानमेव हि । तस्मादत्रैव तिष्ठामो यावल्लिंगस्य दर्शनम्

Transliteration

svargārthino vayaṃ prāptā mahadadhvānameva hi | tasmādatraiva tiṣṭhāmo yāvalliṃgasya darśanam

Translation

“ہم جنت کے طالب بن کر واقعی بہت طویل سفر طے کر کے آئے ہیں؛ اس لیے لِنگ کے درشن تک ہم یہیں ٹھہریں گے۔”

Word by Word

• स्वर्गार्थिनः: desirers of heaven
• स्वर्गार्थिनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्गार्थिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: स्वर्गस्य अर्थी (one who desires heaven)

• वयम्: we
• वयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उभयलिङ्ग-प्रयोग, प्रथमा (1st case), बहुवचन; personal pronoun

• प्राप्ताः: have arrived
• प्राप्ताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप् (धातु) → प्राप्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृत् (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; past participle used predicatively (having arrived)

• महत्: great
• महत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying)

• अध्वानम्: journey, path
• अध्वानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्वन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: Sambandha/Emphasis (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle of emphasis)

• हि: for, indeed
• हि: Sambandha/Reason (हेतु/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (causal/emphatic particle)

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu/Apadana (हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तस्मात्-प्रयोगः (ablatival adverb): पञ्चमी-अर्थे अव्ययवत् (therefore/from that)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• एव: only, indeed
• एव: Sambandha/Emphasis (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphasis)

• तिष्ठामः: we stay, we remain
• तिष्ठामः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• यावत्: until
• यावत्: Kāla/Avadhi (Time-limit/अवधि)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (limit/extent marker: 'until/as long as')

• लिङ्गस्य: of the liṅga
• लिङ्गस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th case), एकवचन

• दर्शनम्: seeing, दर्शन
• दर्शनम्: Karma/Avadhi (Object/Limit)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), एकवचन; here as goal/occasion with यावत् (until the seeing)

Speaker

Ṛṣis (quoted within Īśvara’s narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims declare they came seeking svarga and have traveled far; they decide to camp and remain at Prabhāsa until the liṅga is seen—tents/leaf-huts near the shrine, travel-worn yet resolute faces.

Characters & Entities

• Ṛṣis
• Liṅga
• Svarga
• Prabhāsa Kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Punya arises from arduous pilgrimage joined with perseverance; spiritual goals are pursued through steadfastness at a tīrtha.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, portrayed as worthy of long travel for Liṅga-darśana.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A fixed observance is implied: remaining at the site until darśana is attained.