Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

नावर्षणं भवेत्तत्र कदाचिदपि पार्वति । लिंगानि तत्र दिव्यानि पश्येत्पापोपशांतये

Transliteration

nāvarṣaṇaṃ bhavettatra kadācidapi pārvati | liṃgāni tatra divyāni paśyetpāpopaśāṃtaye

Translation

اے پاروتی، وہاں کبھی قحط یا خشک سالی نہیں ہوتی۔ گناہوں کی شانتی کے لیے اس مقام کے دیویہ لِنگوں کے درشن کرنے چاہییں۔

Word by Word

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

• अवर्षणम्: non-raining; absence of rain
• अवर्षणम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: avarṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक; a- + varṣaṇa)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; भाववाचक-नाम (non-raining/lack of rain)

• भवेत्: would be; may occur
• भवेत्: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb: there)

• कदाचित्: ever; at any time
• कदाचित्: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kadācit (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb: at any time)

• अपि: even; also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अप्यर्थक-अव्यय (particle: even/also)

• पार्वति: O Pārvatī
• पार्वति: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pārvatī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन

• लिङ्गानि: liṅgas (Śiva-emblems)
• लिङ्गानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय

• दिव्यानि: divine
• दिव्यानि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: divya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying liṅgāni)

• पश्येत्: should see
• पश्येत्: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• पाप: of sin
• पाप: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; (समासपूर्वपद)

• उपशान्तये: for pacification; for cessation
• उपशान्तये: Sampradana (Purpose/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: upaśānti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन; प्रयोजनार्थ (for the purpose of)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vidurāṭṭālaka (divine liṅga cluster)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārvatī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A verdant, ever-watered sacred precinct with clouds or gentle rain implied; multiple divine liṅgas gleam; pilgrims approach seeking pāpa-śānti; Pārvatī addressed directly.

Characters & Entities

• Pārvatī
• Divine liṅgas
• Vidurāṭṭālaka/Vidurāśrama (context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred places are portrayed as harmonizing nature and conscience: prosperity in the land and purification in the heart through devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The divine liṅgas at Vidurāśrama/Vidurāṭṭālaka in Prabhāsa Kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Liṅga-darśana is recommended as a means for pāpa-upaśānti (sin-pacification).