Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 17

Devanagari script

शशिनाभूषितो यस्मात्तेनाहं शशिभूषणः । तत्र स्थाने स्थितोऽद्यापि स्वयंभूर्लिंगमूर्त्तिमान्

Transliteration

śaśinābhūṣito yasmāttenāhaṃ śaśibhūṣaṇaḥ | tatra sthāne sthito'dyāpi svayaṃbhūrliṃgamūrttimān

Translation

Vì ta được trang sức bởi Mặt Trăng, nên ta được gọi là Śaśibhūṣaṇa, “Đấng lấy Trăng làm bảo sức”. Và ngay tại nơi ấy, cho đến hôm nay ta vẫn an trụ, tự hiển lộ, mang hình tướng Liṅga.

Word by Word

• śaśinā: by/with the moon
• śaśinā: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaśin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (Masculine), Tṛtīyā-vibhakti (Instrumental/3rd), Ekavacana (Singular)

• abhūṣitaḥ: adorned
• abhūṣitaḥ: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Subject complement/कर्तृसमनाधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhūṣ (धातु) + a- (उपसर्ग) + -ta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: Kṛdanta (Past Passive Participle/क्त), Puṃliṅga, Prathamā-vibhakti (Nominative/1st), Ekavacana; agrees with implied subject (aham)

• yasmāt: because/from which
• yasmāt: Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sarvanāma (Pronoun), Puṃliṅga, Pañcamī-vibhakti (Ablative/5th), Ekavacana

• tena: therefore/by that
• tena: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sarvanāma (Pronoun), Puṃliṅga/napuṃsaka usage, Tṛtīyā-vibhakti (Instrumental/3rd), Ekavacana

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sarvanāma (Pronoun), Prathamā-vibhakti (Nominative/1st), Ekavacana

• śaśibhūṣaṇaḥ: (one who is) the moon-ornamented / having the moon as ornament
• śaśibhūṣaṇaḥ: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate noun/कर्तृसमनाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaśi (प्रातिपदिक) + bhūṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa-samāsa (ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa: śaśeḥ bhūṣaṇam), Puṃliṅga, Prathamā-vibhakti, Ekavacana

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (Adverb of place/देशवाचक अव्यय)

• sthāne: in the place
• sthāne: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sthāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napuṃsakaliṅga (Neuter), Saptamī-vibhakti (Locative/7th), Ekavacana

• sthitaḥ: standing/abiding
• sthitaḥ: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Subject complement/कर्तृसमनाधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sthā (धातु) + -ta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: Kṛdanta (Past Passive Participle/क्त), Puṃliṅga, Prathamā-vibhakti, Ekavacana; agrees with svayaṃbhūḥ

• adya: today/now
• adya: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Temporal setting/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: adya (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (Adverb of time/कालवाचक अव्यय)

• api: also/even
• api: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (Particle/निपात)

• svayaṃbhūḥ: the self-born (Lord)
• svayaṃbhūḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: svayaṃbhū (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā-vibhakti, Ekavacana

• liṅgamūrttimān: having the form of a liṅga
• liṅgamūrttimān: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: liṅga (प्रातिपदिक) + mūrti (प्रातिपदिक) + -mat (मतुप् प्रत्यय)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa-samāsa (liṅgasya mūrtiḥ), Matup-anta adjective (-mān), Puṃliṅga, Prathamā-vibhakti, Ekavacana; qualifies svayaṃbhūḥ

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Somnātha (Svayambhū Liṅga) at Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva, crowned with the crescent moon, indicates the self-manifest liṅga at Prabhāsa; the liṅga radiates subtle light, suggesting svayambhū emergence from the earth/stone.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (Śaśibhūṣaṇa)
• Śaśin (Moon)
• Svayaṃbhū Liṅga
• Prabhāsa (implied ‘that place’)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The divine is approachable through sacred form: Śiva’s cosmic identity is accessible at a concrete tīrtha as a self-manifest liṅga.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra is indicated as the ‘place’ where Śiva abides as a svayaṃbhū liṅga, central to the Prabhāsa māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, liṅga-darśana and liṅga-pūjā are supported by the statement of Śiva’s abiding presence, though no procedure is detailed.