Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 55

Devanagari script

ईश्वर उवाच । एवमस्त्वित्यहं प्रोच्य पुनर्लिंगे लयं गतः । एतत्ते कारणं देवि प्रोक्तं सर्वमशेषतः

Transliteration

īśvara uvāca | evamastvityahaṃ procya punarliṃge layaṃ gataḥ | etatte kāraṇaṃ devi proktaṃ sarvamaśeṣataḥ

Translation

اِیشور نے فرمایا: ‘ایوَمَستو’ کہہ کر میں پھر لِنگ میں لَین ہو گیا۔ اے دیوی، یہ سارا سبب میں نے تم سے پوری طرح، بغیر کسی کمی کے، بیان کر دیا ہے۔

Word by Word

• īśvaraḥ: Īśvara (the Lord)
• īśvaraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन (singular)

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular)

• evam: thus
• evam: Avyaya (Adverbial/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रकारवाचक (adverb of manner)

• astu: let it be
• astu: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √as (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular)

• iti: thus (saying)
• iti: Avyaya (Quotation marker/इति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, इति-प्रयोग (quotative particle)

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन (singular)

• procya: having spoken
• procya: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: pra-√vac (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृदन्त/अव्ययभाव)
• Form: क्त्वान्त/ल्यपन्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), 'having said/declared'

• punar: again
• punar: Avyaya (Adverbial/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punar (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, काल/पुनरावृत्तिवाचक (adverb: again)

• liṅge: into/in the linga
• liṅge: Adhikaraṇa (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन (singular)

• layam: dissolution, absorption
• layam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: laya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन (singular)

• gataḥ: went, entered
• gataḥ: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (धातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle used predicatively), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन (singular)

• etat: this
• etat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), एकवचन (singular)

• te: to you
• te: Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), चतुर्थी (4th case), एकवचन (singular)

• kāraṇam: reason, cause
• kāraṇam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), एकवचन (singular)

• devi: O Goddess
• devi: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन (singular)

• proktam: has been told
• proktam: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√vac (धातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), एकवचन (singular)

• sarvam: everything
• sarvam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), एकवचन (singular)

• aśeṣataḥ: completely, without remainder
• aśeṣataḥ: Avyaya (Adverbial/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: aśeṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + tas (तसिल्)
• Form: तसिलन्त अव्यय (adverb: wholly, without remainder)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra / Someśvara (Somnātha)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva concludes the explanation to Devī, utters ‘evam astu’, and dissolves/merges into the radiant liṅga; Devī remains attentive in reverent stillness within a sacred coastal kṣetra ambience.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara (Śiva)
• Liṅga
• Devī (Pārvatī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva’s liṅga is affirmed as a direct locus of divine presence, where the Lord abides and is approached.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The context remains Prabhāsa-kṣetra and the Somnātha-liṅga.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual is prescribed; it narrates Śiva’s assent and abiding in the liṅga.