Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

विमला दंडिकाश्चैव सप्तैते कुत्सिकाः स्मृताः । अस्मिंल्लिंगे पुरा सिद्धा योगात्पाशुपतान्मम

Transliteration

vimalā daṃḍikāścaiva saptaite kutsikāḥ smṛtāḥ | asmiṃlliṃge purā siddhā yogātpāśupatānmama

Translation

وِمَلا اور دَندِکا—یہ ساتوں کُتسِکا کے نام سے یاد کیے جاتے ہیں۔ قدیم زمانے میں وہ میرے پاشُپت یوگ کے ذریعے اسی لِنگ پر سِدھ ہوئے۔

Word by Word

• vimalā: Vimalā
• vimalā: Karta (Subject/member of list/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vimalā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); नाम (proper name)

• daṃḍikāḥ: Daṇḍikās
• daṃḍikāḥ: Karta (Subject/member of list/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daṃḍikā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); नाम (group/name)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphasis)

• sapta: seven
• sapta: Visheshana (Numeral qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sapta (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्यावाचक (numeral), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचनार्थ (used with plural referent)

• ete: these
• ete: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• kutsikāḥ: Kutsikās
• kutsikāḥ: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kutsikā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); नाम (proper designation)

• smṛtāḥ: are remembered/are said to be
• smṛtāḥ: Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √smṛ (स्मृ धातु) (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक: क्त)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle: 'are remembered/called')

• asmin: in this
• asmin: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• liṅge: in the liṅga
• liṅge: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• purā: formerly
• purā: Kāla (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: purā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time: 'formerly')

• siddhāḥ: perfected/accomplished
• siddhāḥ: Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √sidh (सिध् धातु) (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक: क्त)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (accomplished/perfected)

• yogāt: from/through yoga
• yogāt: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yoga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन (Singular)

• pāśupatāt: from the Pāśupata (doctrine/observance)
• pāśupatāt: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāśupata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन (Singular)

• mama: my
• mama: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Śiva (addressing Devī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Someśvara (Prabhāsa)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A lit shrine of Someśvara; seven ascetic women/figures (Kutsikās) including Vimalā and Daṇḍikā are shown in yogic posture, receiving Śiva’s grace-stream (anugraha) as they attain siddhi.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Someśvara
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra
• Liṅga
• Pāśupata-yoga
• Vimalā
• Daṇḍikā
• Kutsikāḥ

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva’s Pāśupata path is presented as a sanctified means of siddhi, especially powerful when practiced at the Someśvara Liṅga.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Someśvara at Prabhāsa-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse points to Pāśupata-yoga as the means of attainment, though it does not detail its observances.