Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

देवस्य दक्षिणे भागे यो जपेच्छतरुद्रियम् । संपूज्य विधिवल्लिंगं न स भूयः प्रजायते

Transliteration

devasya dakṣiṇe bhāge yo japecchatarudriyam | saṃpūjya vidhivalliṃgaṃ na sa bhūyaḥ prajāyate

Translation

دیوتا کے جنوبی جانب جو شترُدریہ کا جپ کرے اور ودھی کے مطابق لِنگ کی پوجا کرے، وہ پھر دوبارہ جنم نہیں لیتا۔

Word by Word

• देवस्य: of the deity
• देवस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन — of the deity

• दक्षिणे: on the right
• दक्षिणे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दक्षिण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन — on the right (side)

• भागे: in the region
• भागे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन — in the part/region

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन — who

• जपेत्: should recite
• जपेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद — should recite

• शतरुद्रियम्: the Śatarudriya (hymn)
• शतरुद्रियम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत + रुद्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन — Śatarudriya (hymn)

• संपूज्य: having worshipped
• संपूज्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्+पूज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive) — having duly worshipped

• विधिवत्: according to rule
• विधिवत्: Sambandha (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विधिवत् (अव्यय)
• Form: रीत्यर्थक अव्यय (adverb: according to rule)

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

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधबोधक अव्यय (negation particle)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन — he

• भूयः: again
• भूयः: Sambandha (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूयस् (अव्यय)
• Form: पुनरर्थक अव्यय (adverb: again)

• प्रजायते: is born
• प्रजायते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र+जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद — is born

Speaker

Unknown (contextual narrator within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ādityeśa (Prabhāsa-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee seated to the south of the sanctum recites Śatarudrīya while priests perform orderly liṅga-pūjā with abhiṣeka; lamps glow and the shrine architecture frames the rite.

Characters & Entities

• Śatarudrīya
• Liṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Disciplined mantra-recitation and proper liṅga worship in a holy kṣetra are presented as direct means to liberation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Śaiva shrine-context in Prabhāsa Kṣetra associated with Ādityeśvara worship practice.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Recite the Śatarudrīya on the deity’s southern side and worship the liṅga according to vidhi.