Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

यस्मिन्दृष्टे फलं नृणां जायते कोटिलिंगजम् । एवमेष वरोऽस्माकं दीयतां वृषभध्वज

Transliteration

yasmindṛṣṭe phalaṃ nṛṇāṃ jāyate koṭiliṃgajam | evameṣa varo'smākaṃ dīyatāṃ vṛṣabhadhvaja

Translation

“Ai được thấy điều ấy thì phước quả của loài người sẽ ngang với phước do thờ phụng một ức (một crore) liṅga mà sinh. Đó là ân phúc chúng con cầu xin; xin Ngài, Đấng mang cờ bò, ban cho.”

Word by Word

• yasmin: in which, upon which
• yasmin: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध-सर्वनाम

• dṛṣṭe: when (it is) seen
• dṛṣṭe: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dṛś (धातु) + kta (कृत्)
• Form: क्त-कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सति-सप्तमी (locative absolute)

• phalam: fruit, result
• phalam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• nṛṇām: of men, of people
• nṛṇām: Shashthi-sambandha (Possessor/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• jāyate: arises, is produced
• jāyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jan (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• koṭiliṅgajam: arising from crores of liṅgas
• koṭiliṅgajam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: koṭi + liṅga + ja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (born from/produced by crores of liṅgas)

• evam: thus
• evam: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (manner adverb)

• eṣaḥ: this
• eṣaḥ: Visheshana (Demonstrative/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; संकेत-सर्वनाम

• varaḥ: boon
• varaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• asmākam: of us
• asmākam: Shashthi-sambandha (Possessor/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• dīyatām: let it be given
• dīyatām: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive: 'let it be given')

• vṛṣabhadhvaja: O Bull-bannered one
• vṛṣabhadhvaja: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vṛṣabha + dhvaja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Ṛṣis (assembled sages)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Koṭiliṅga / Koṭiliṅgeśvara (phala-śruti object)

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śrī Mahādeva (Vṛṣabhadhvaja)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The sages specify the boon’s operational rule: whoever sees this liṅga gains the fruit of a crore of liṅgas; the scene anticipates a radiant liṅga drawing crowds of future devotees.

Characters & Entities

• Vṛṣabhadhvaja (Śiva)
• Koṭiliṅga
• Nṛ (people)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A consecrated sacred form can concentrate spiritual benefit, making lofty merit attainable even through simple darśana.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Koṭiliṅga/Koṭimaya-liṅga site in Arbuda, where mere sight grants koṭiliṅga-level merit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Darśana (reverent viewing) is highlighted as the key act yielding great fruit.