Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

भद्रकर्णं उवाच । यन्मया स्थापितं लिंगमर्बुदे सुरसत्तम । अत्रास्तु तव सांनिध्यं ह्रदेऽस्मिंश्च स्थिरो भव

Transliteration

bhadrakarṇaṃ uvāca | yanmayā sthāpitaṃ liṃgamarbude surasattama | atrāstu tava sāṃnidhyaṃ hrade'smiṃśca sthiro bhava

Translation

Bhadrakarṇa thưa: “Ôi bậc tối thượng trong chư thiên, xin Ngài ngự tại đây—nơi liṅga mà con đã thiết lập trên núi Arbuda—và cũng xin Ngài an trụ vững bền trong hồ thiêng này.”

Word by Word

• bhadrakarṇam: Bhadrakarṇa
• bhadrakarṇam: Karman (Object of ‘uvāca’ in narrative usage)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhadra + karṇa (भद्र + कर्ण प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; वक्तृ-निर्देश (speaker tag)

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriyā (Speech act)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (वच् धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• yat: which/that (thing)
• yat: Karman (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (यद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक (relative pronoun)

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Karaṇa/Karta (Agent in passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (अस्मद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया, एकवचन

• sthāpitam: established/installed
• sthāpitam: Karman (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sthā (स्था धातु; causative स्थापयति)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle, causative sense), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• liṅgam: liṅga (Śiva-emblem)
• liṅgam: Karman (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga (लिङ्ग प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• arbude: in Arbuda (mountain/region)
• arbude: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: arbuda (अर्बुद प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; देशवाचक

• surasattama: O best of gods
• surasattama: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sura + sattama (सुर + सत्तम प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikaraṇa (Deictic location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अत्र अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (here)

• astu: let there be
• astu: Kriyā (Wish/command)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (अस् धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative/benedictive), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• tava: your
• tava: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (त्वद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन

• sāṃnidhyam: presence
• sāṃnidhyam: Karta (Subject of ‘astu’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sāṃnidhya (सान्निध्य प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• hrade: in the lake
• hrade: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hrada (ह्रद प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• asmin: in this
• asmin: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (इदम् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (च अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय

• sthiraḥ: steady/firm
• sthiraḥ: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sthira (स्थिर प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• bhava: be
• bhava: Kriyā (Command)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (भू धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Bhadrakarṇa

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bhadrakarṇa-hrada (Bhadrakarṇa Lake) and Bhadrakarṇa-sthāpita-liṅga

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śrī Bhagavān

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Bhadrakarṇa, hands folded, points toward a newly established liṅga on Arbuda and gestures to a nearby lake, requesting the deity’s steadfast presence in both.

Characters & Entities

• Bhadrakarṇa
• Arbuda (Mount Abu)
• Liṅga
• Hrada (sacred lake)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Establishing and honoring a Śiva-liṅga sanctifies a place, inviting enduring divine presence for devotees.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A sacred lake (hrada) associated with Bhadrakarṇa on Arbuda (Mount Abu), together with the liṅga established there.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Liṅga-pratiṣṭhā (installation) is implied, along with the idea of worship centered on the liṅga and the tīrtha-lake.