Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

अथ यो भावसंयुक्तस्तल्लिगं संप्रपूजयेत् । गांधर्वलोकमाप्नोति गन्धर्वैः सह मोदते

Transliteration

atha yo bhāvasaṃyuktastalligaṃ saṃprapūjayet | gāṃdharvalokamāpnoti gandharvaiḥ saha modate

Translation

Nay, ai với lòng thành kính mà phụng thờ liṅga ấy, người ấy sẽ đạt đến cõi Gandharva và hoan hỷ nơi đó cùng các Gandharva.

Word by Word

• atha: then
• atha: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; आरम्भ/अनन्तरार्थक (then/now)

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• bhāva-saṃyuktaḥ: endowed with devotion/feeling
• bhāva-saṃyuktaḥ: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhāva (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃyukta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √yuj)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; yaḥ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; निर्देश (that)

• liṅgam: liṅga
• liṅgam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• saṃprapūjayet: should worship well
• saṃprapūjayet: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-pra-pūj (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• gāṃdharva-lokam: the Gandharva world
• gāṃdharva-lokam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gāṃdharva (प्रातिपदिक) + loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• āpnoti: attains
• āpnoti: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: āp (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present indicative), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• gandharvaiḥ: with Gandharvas
• gandharvaiḥ: Sahakari (सहकारी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gandharva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन

• saha: together with
• saha: Sahakari (सहकारी)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सहार्थक-उपपद (preposition/particle 'with')

• modate: rejoices
• modate: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: mud (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present indicative), आत्मनेपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Citrāṅgadeśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee worships the Citrāṅgadeśvara liṅga with deep emotion; the scene transitions to a luminous Gandharva-loka where celestial musicians welcome the devotee.

Characters & Entities

• Liṅga
• Gāndharva-loka
• Gandharvas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Inner devotion (bhāva) empowers ritual worship and leads to exalted post-mortem attainments described in Purāṇic cosmology.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The liṅga of Citrāṅgadeśvara in Prabhāsakṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Proper liṅga-pūjā performed with bhāva (devotional intent).