Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

लिंगं प्रतिष्ठयामास ब्रह्मणा लोककर्तॄणा । पुनर्वर्षसहस्रं तु पूजयामास शंकरम्

Transliteration

liṃgaṃ pratiṣṭhayāmāsa brahmaṇā lokakartṝṇā | punarvarṣasahasraṃ tu pūjayāmāsa śaṃkaram

Translation

اس نے عالَموں کے خالق برہما کے ذریعے لِنگ کی پرتیِشٹھا کرائی؛ اور پھر ہزار برس تک شَنکر کی عقیدت سے پوجا کرتا رہا۔

Word by Word

• लिङ्गम्: liṅga (Śiva-emblem)
• लिङ्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• प्रतिष्ठयामास: established
• प्रतिष्ठयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति+स्था (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd), एकवचन, परस्मैपद; causative-stem sense ‘to establish’

• ब्रह्मणा: by Brahmā
• ब्रह्मणा: Karana (Agent-instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• लोककर्तॄणा: by the creator of the worlds
• लोककर्तॄणा: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लोक + कर्तृ (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘ब्रह्मणा’)

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: पुनरावृत्तिवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: again)

• वर्षसहस्रम्: a thousand years
• वर्षसहस्रम्: Karma (Extent/duration as object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ष + सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; कालपरिमाण (duration)

• तु: indeed / then
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण/विरोधार्थक-निपात (particle: but/indeed)

• पूजयामास: worshipped
• पूजयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd), एकवचन, परस्मैपद; causative-stem sense ‘to worship’

• शंकरम्: Śaṅkara
• शंकरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शंकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra / Somnātha

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At Prabhāsa, Candra (Somnātha) stands in devotion as Brahmā, the world-creator, performs the formal installation of a radiant liṅga; the sea-breeze, conch-sounds, and lamp-flames frame a thousand-year arc of worship implied by the verse.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Śaṅkara (Śiva)
• Liṅga
• Prabhāsakṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True devotion is both establishment (creating a lasting locus of worship) and perseverance (long, faithful pūjā).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, where liṅga-pratiṣṭhā and extended worship form the sacred foundation of the place.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Liṅga-pratiṣṭhā (installation) and prolonged pūjā of Śaṅkara are explicitly described.