Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 78

Devanagari script

स्वयंभूलिंगरूपेण रुद्रस्तत्र स्वयं स्थितः । एकविंशति वारस्य भक्त्या पिंडस्य यत्फलम्

Transliteration

svayaṃbhūliṃgarūpeṇa rudrastatra svayaṃ sthitaḥ | ekaviṃśati vārasya bhaktyā piṃḍasya yatphalam

Translation

وہاں رُدر خود سَویَمبھو لِنگ کے روپ میں مقیم ہیں۔ اکیس دن تک بھکتی سے پِنڈ نذر کرنے سے جو پھل حاصل ہوتا ہے—

Word by Word

• स्वयंभूलिंगरूपेण: in the form of a self-manifest liṅga
• स्वयंभूलिंगरूपेण: Karaṇa (Instrument/Mode)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वयंभू + लिङ्ग + रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (स्वयंभू-लिङ्गस्य रूपम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन (instrumental: ‘in the form of’)

• रुद्रः: Rudra (Śiva)
• रुद्रः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: स्थानवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• स्वयम्: himself
• स्वयम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (emphatic adverb)

• स्थितः: abiding; stationed
• स्थितः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of ‘rudraḥ’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्था (धातु) → स्थित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle, active sense), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘standing/abiding’

• एकविंशति: twenty-one
• एकविंशति: Viśeṣaṇa (Numerical qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकविंशति (संख्याशब्द-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् संख्याशब्दः; अत्र ‘एकविंशति (21)’ इति संख्या, ‘vārasya’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• वारस्य: of (a) day/period
• वारस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन (genitive)

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karaṇa (Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन (instrumental)

• पिंडस्य: of the piṇḍa (funeral offering)
• पिंडस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पिण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन (genitive)

• यत्: which
• यत्: Viśeṣaṇa (Relative qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सम्बन्ध-सर्वनाम (relative) qualifying ‘phalam’

• फलम्: fruit; result
• फलम्: Karta/Viṣaya (Subject/Result)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (deduced from Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa māhātmya narration style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Svayaṃbhū Rudra-liṅga (Bhūliṅga) at Prabhāsa near Govatsa

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A svayaṃbhū liṅga shrine in Prabhāsa: Rudra’s presence felt as a luminous aura; a devotee performs piṇḍa-offering with kuśa grass and water, counting days of observance (21) with a rosary or tally marks.

Characters & Entities

• Rudra
• Svayaṁbhū Liṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion offered at a self-manifest form of Śiva multiplies merit, emphasizing faith (bhakti) as the heart of tīrtha-ritual.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, where Rudra is said to be present as a Svayaṁbhū Liṅga.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Piṇḍa-offering (śrāddha-related oblation) performed with devotion for a period of twenty-one days.