Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

यस्तं पूजयते भक्त्या लिंगं पुष्पैः पृथग्विधैः । स याति परमं स्थानं जरामरणवर्जितम्

Transliteration

yastaṃ pūjayate bhaktyā liṃgaṃ puṣpaiḥ pṛthagvidhaiḥ | sa yāti paramaṃ sthānaṃ jarāmaraṇavarjitam

Translation

جو کوئی اس لِنگ کی عقیدت سے پوجا کرے اور طرح طرح کے پھول چڑھائے، وہ بڑھاپے اور موت سے پاک اعلیٰ مقام کو پہنچتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक-यः (relative pronoun)

• tam: that (him/it)
• tam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; तं (demonstrative pronoun)

• pūjayate: worships
• pūjayate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pūj (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• bhaktyā: with devotion
• bhaktyā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; साधन/भाव-हेतु

• liṅgam: the liṅga (emblem)
• liṅgam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• puṣpaiḥ: with flowers
• puṣpaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puṣpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• pṛthagvidhaiḥ: of various kinds
• pṛthagvidhaiḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pṛthag + vidha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (puṣpaiḥ इति विशेष्यस्य)

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

• yāti: goes/attains
• yāti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yā (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• paramam: supreme
• paramam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: parama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (sthānam इति)

• sthānam: abode/place
• sthānam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sthāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; गत्यर्थक-क्रियायाः कर्म

• jarāmaraṇavarjitam: free from old age and death
• jarāmaraṇavarjitam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: jarā + maraṇa + varjita (प्रातिपदिक; varjita = √vṛj/varj (धातु) क्त-प्रत्ययान्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (sthānam इति); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/निर्धारणार्थः—‘jarā-maraṇa’ इत्येतयोः वर्जितम्

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mahāprabhāsa-liṅga

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī/Pārvatī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee stands before a consecrated liṅga, offering many-colored flowers in layered garlands; the liṅga is adorned with bilva leaves, lamps glow, and a serene ‘parama-sthāna’ radiance is suggested behind.

Characters & Entities

• Liṅga
• Bhakti
• Paramam Sthānam

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Simple devotional worship, when sincere, becomes a direct means to the highest spiritual goal.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Mahāprabhāsa liṅga at Prabhāsakṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Liṅga-pūjā with varied flowers (puṣpārpaṇa) performed with bhakti.