Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 45

Devanagari script

प्रतिष्ठार्थं तु लिंगस्य आनीतश्चाष्टवार्षिकः । बालरूपी तदा तेन सोमनाथेति कीर्तितम्

Transliteration

pratiṣṭhārthaṃ tu liṃgasya ānītaścāṣṭavārṣikaḥ | bālarūpī tadā tena somanātheti kīrtitam

Translation

لِنگ کی پرتیِشٹھا کے لیے آٹھ برس کا ایک بالک لایا گیا؛ بال روپ میں اسی نے تب اسے ‘سومناتھ’ کے نام سے کیرتن کیا۔

Word by Word

• pratiṣṭhārtham: for (the) establishment-purpose
• pratiṣṭhārtham: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pratiṣṭhā + artha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; प्रतिष्ठा-अर्थ (चतुर्थी/षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषार्थे: 'for the purpose of establishment')

• tu: indeed/but
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण/विरोध-अव्यय (particle)

• liṅgasya: of the liṅga
• liṅgasya: Sambandha (Possessor/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• ānītaḥ: was brought
• ānītaḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-nīta (कृदन्त; √nī)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय

• aṣṭavārṣikaḥ: eight-year-old
• aṣṭavārṣikaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: aṣṭa + vārṣika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; द्विगु-समास: 'eight-years-old'

• bālarūpī: child-formed
• bālarūpī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bāla + rūpin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; बाल-रूपी (तत्पुरुष: 'having the form of a child')

• tadā: then
• tadā: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण-काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय

• tena: by him/thereby
• tena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• somanātha: Somanātha
• somanātha: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: soma + nātha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सोम-नाथ (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: 'lord of Soma')

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण-अव्यय

• kīrtitam: was proclaimed/called
• kīrtitam: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kīrtita (कृदन्त; √kīrt)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya; exact speaker not explicit in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Somnātha

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A solemn consecration scene: priests and sages prepare the liṅga; an eight-year-old child, radiant and composed, declares ‘Somnātha’; lamps, kalashas, bilva leaves, and the coastal temple setting frame the moment.

Characters & Entities

• Liṅga
• Somnātha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Proper consecration (pratiṣṭhā) and sacred naming connect a deity’s presence to a specific holy geography, making worship tangible for devotees.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Somnātha at Prabhāsa-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pratiṣṭhā (ritual installation/consecration) of the liṅga is referenced.