Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

स्थापयित्वा शिवं सूर्यो गंगासागरसंगमे । निरामयोऽभूत्सोमश्च प्रभासे पश्चिमोदधेः

Transliteration

sthāpayitvā śivaṃ sūryo gaṃgāsāgarasaṃgame | nirāmayo'bhūtsomaśca prabhāse paścimodadheḥ

Translation

گنگا اور سمندر کے سنگم پر سورَیَ نے شِو کو قائم کیا؛ اس سے سورج کو کمال حاصل ہوا، اور سوَم (چندرما) بھی مغربی سمندر کے پربھاس میں بیماری سے پاک ہو گیا۔

Word by Word

• स्थापयित्वा: having installed
• स्थापयित्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु) + णिच् → स्थापयति; स्थापयित्वा (कृदन्त—क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• शिवम्: Śiva
• शिवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• सूर्यः: the Sun-god
• सूर्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• गङ्गासागर-सङ्गमे: at the confluence of the Gaṅgā and the ocean
• गङ्गासागर-सङ्गमे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गङ्गा-सागर-सङ्गम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; स्थानवाचक

• निरामयः: free from disease
• निरामयः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर्-आमय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; ‘सोमः’ इति विशेष्यस्य

• अभूत्: became
• अभूत्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सोमः: Soma (Moon)
• सोमः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक

• प्रभासे: at Prabhāsa
• प्रभासे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; स्थानवाचक

• पश्चिमोदधेः: of the western ocean
• पश्चिमोदधेः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पश्चिम-उदधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध—‘पश्चिमः उदधिः’

Speaker

Deductive: Narratorial voice within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya (speaker not explicit in this verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa (western sea tīrtha)

Type: sangam

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣi assembly

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At a luminous ocean-confluence, Sūrya installs a Śiva-liṅga; Soma, pale and afflicted, approaches and is restored to health at Prabhāsa by Śiva’s grace.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Sūrya
• Soma
• Gaṅgā
• Prabhāsa
• Western Ocean

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion expressed through establishing Śiva (liṅga-pratiṣṭhā) at a sacred confluence grants purification and relief from afflictions.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra on the western seashore, and the Gaṅgā–ocean confluence (Gaṅgā-sāgara saṅgama) as a sacred setting for worship.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śiva-pratiṣṭhā (installing/establishing Śiva, typically a liṅga) at a tīrtha; implied worship at the saṅgama.