Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

दशलक्षाणि तीर्थानां तत्र तिष्ठंति भामिनि । लिंगत्रयं तथा मध्ये सर्वपातकनाशनम्

Transliteration

daśalakṣāṇi tīrthānāṃ tatra tiṣṭhaṃti bhāmini | liṃgatrayaṃ tathā madhye sarvapātakanāśanam

Translation

اے حسین بانو! وہاں ایک کروڑ (دس لاکھ) تیرتھ ٹھہرے ہوئے ہیں۔ اور بیچ میں لِنگوں کی تثلیث ہے، جو ہر طرح کے گناہوں کو مٹا دینے والی ہے۔

Word by Word

• दशलक्षाणि: ten lakhs (one million)
• दशलक्षाणि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दश + लक्ष (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; द्विगु-समास (दश लक्षाणि)

• तीर्थानाम्: of sacred fords/pilgrimage places
• तीर्थानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (स्थानवाचक)

• तिष्ठन्ति: stand/are present
• तिष्ठन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्था (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन, परस्मैपद

• भामिनि: O lovely lady
• भामिनि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भामिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन

• लिङ्गत्रयम्: the triad of liṅgas
• लिङ्गत्रयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग + त्रय (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (त्रीणि लिङ्गानि = triad of liṅgas)

• तथा: also, likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/तुल्यतावाचक; ‘also/likewise’)

• मध्ये: in the middle
• मध्ये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• सर्वपातकनाशनम्: destroyer of all sins
• सर्वपातकनाशनम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + पातक + नाशन (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (सर्वेषां पातकानां नाशनम्)

Speaker

Deductive (Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya narrator addressing Bhāminī/Devī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (liṅga-traya at the center)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A vast sacred landscape of Prabhāsa is envisioned as containing countless invisible tīrthas; at the center stands the liṅga-traya in a radiant sanctum, with pilgrims circumambulating as a cosmic aura suggests universal purification.

Characters & Entities

• Tīrthas (ten million)
• Liṅgatraya (three liṅgas)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A supreme kṣetra concentrates countless sacred powers; approaching its central liṅgas is portrayed as a total purifier.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra as a tīrtha-aggregate, especially the central liṅgatraya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific act is commanded here; the verse emphasizes the sin-destroying potency of the liṅgatraya and the vast tīrtha-presence.