Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2
Devanagari script
धनुषोंतरमानेन नातिदूरे व्यवस्थितम् । लिंगं महाप्रभावं हि सर्वपातकनाशनम्
Transliteration
dhanuṣoṃtaramānena nātidūre vyavasthitam | liṃgaṃ mahāprabhāvaṃ hi sarvapātakanāśanam
Translation
کمان کے ایک تیر کے فاصلے کے اندازے سے وہ زیادہ دور نہیں۔ وہ عظیم اثر والا لِنگ ہے، جو یقیناً تمام پاپوں کو نَشٹ کرنے والا ہے۔
Word by Word
धनुषःof a bow
धनुषः:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootधनुस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन — “of a bow”
अन्तरinterval, distance
अन्तर:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeNoun
Rootअन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन — “distance/interval” (in compound sense)
मानेनby measure
मानेन:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootमान (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन — “by measure”
नnot
न:
Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formनिषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)
अतिदूरे(in a place) very far
अतिदूरे:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootअतिदूर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन — “in/at (a place) not very far” (with न)
व्यवस्थितम्situated
व्यवस्थितम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootवि + अव + स्था (धातु) → व्यवस्थित (कृदन्त, क्त)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — “placed/situated”
लिङ्गम्liṅga
लिङ्गम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootलिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन — “liṅga (Śiva-emblem)”
महाप्रभावम्of great power
महाप्रभावम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootमहाप्रभाव (प्रातिपदिक: महा + प्रभाव)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — “of great power”
हिindeed, for
हि:
Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (emphatic/causal particle)
सर्वपातकनाशनम्destroyer of all sins
सर्वपातकनाशनम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्वपातकनाशन (प्रातिपदिक: सर्व + पातक + नाशन)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — “destroyer of all sins”
Speaker
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Ketuliṅga
Type: temple
Skanda Dialogue
Listener: Mahādevī
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A pilgrim stands before Ketuliṅga, which radiates power; the path between shrines is short—suggested by an archer’s bow laid down as a symbolic measure.
Characters & Entities
Ī
Īśvara (Śiva)K
Ketuliṅga (implied)L
LiṅgaFAQs
Approaching a sacred Liṅga in a tīrtha is presented as a direct means of purification from pātakas (sins).
Ketuliṅga in Prabhāsakṣetra.
Visiting/approaching the Liṅga; no separate rite is specified in this verse.