Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

समाराध्य महादेवं प्रत्यक्षीकृतवान्भवम् । लिंगेऽवतारयामास प्रसन्नं तं महेश्वरम्

Transliteration

samārādhya mahādevaṃ pratyakṣīkṛtavānbhavam | liṃge'vatārayāmāsa prasannaṃ taṃ maheśvaram

Translation

مہادیو کو پوری طرح راضی کرکے اس نے بھَو (شیو) کو روبرو ظاہر کر لیا؛ اور اس مہیشورِ مہربان کو لِنگ میں اتار کر قائم کیا۔

Word by Word

• समाराध्य: having duly worshipped
• समाराध्य: Kriya (पूर्वकर्म/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-राध् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया; अव्ययभावेन प्रयुक्तम्

• महादेवम्: Mahādeva (Śiva)
• महादेवम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महादेव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन

• प्रत्यक्षीकृतवान्: made manifest; realized directly
• प्रत्यक्षीकृतवान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रत्यक्षी-कृ (धातु)
• Form: कृत्-प्रत्यय: क्तवतु (past active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन

• भवम्: Bhava (Śiva)
• भवम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन; शिवपर्याय

• लिङ्गे: in the liṅga
• लिङ्गे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन

• अवतारयामास: caused to descend; installed
• अवतारयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव-तॄ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• प्रसन्नम्: gracious; pleased
• प्रसन्नम्: Karman (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रसन्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• तम्: that (him)
• तम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• महेश्वरम्: Maheśvara (Great Lord)
• महेश्वरम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) (continuing)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śākalyeśvara

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Austerity culminates: Śiva appears before Śākalya in radiant form; then the divine presence settles into a liṅga as the sage performs pratiṣṭhā; aura and sacred fire imagery.

Characters & Entities

• Mahādeva
• Bhava
• Maheśvara
• Liṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Intense devotion and austerity culminate in divine manifestation and the sanctification of a liṅga for the world’s benefit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Śākalyeśvara, understood as a liṅga established through Śākalya’s worship in Prabhāsakṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Propitiation (samārādhana) of Śiva and the concept of liṅga establishment as a sacred act (origin narrative).