Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 20
Devanagari script
अचलं भेदयित्वा तु यस्मान्मे लिंगमुद्गतम् । अचलेश्वरनाम्नैव लोके ख्यातिं गमिष्यति
Transliteration
acalaṃ bhedayitvā tu yasmānme liṃgamudgatam | acaleśvaranāmnaiva loke khyātiṃ gamiṣyati
Translation
由于我的林伽由劈开阿遮罗（Acala）之山而涌现，它将以“阿遮罗自在天（Acaleśvara）”之名在世间闻名。
Word by Word
अचलम्the mountain/immovable rock
अचलम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootअचल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन
भेदयित्वाhaving split
भेदयित्वा:
Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootभिद् (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund) — causative sense ‘having split/cleft’
तुindeed; and
तु:
Sambandha-bodhaka (Connector/सम्बन्धबोधक)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय — निपात (particle)
यस्मात्from which
यस्मात्:
Apadana (Source/अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/नपुंसक, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन — ‘from which/whence’
मेmy
मे:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन — ‘my’
लिङ्गम्liṅga
लिङ्गम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootलिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन — here as subject with उद्गतम्
उद्गतम्emerged
उद्गतम्:
Kriya-visheshana (Predicative qualifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootउद्+गम् (धातु)
Formक्त (Past passive participle) — नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘arisen/emerged’
अचल-ईश्वर-नाम्नाby the name ‘Acaleśvara’
अचल-ईश्वर-नाम्ना:
Karana (Instrument/means/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootअचल (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक) + नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन — ‘by the name Acaleśvara’
एवindeed; only
एव:
Sambandha-bodhaka (Emphasis/सम्बन्धबोधक)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय — अवधारण (emphasis)
लोकेin the world
लोके:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootलोक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन — ‘in the world’
ख्यातिम्fame; renown
ख्यातिम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootख्याति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन
गमिष्यतिwill attain (fame)
गमिष्यति:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootगम् (धातु)
Formलृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन — ‘will go/attain’
Speaker
Śiva (Maheśvara)
Characters & Entities
Ś
ŚivaA
Acala (mountain)A
AcaleśvaraL
LiṅgaFAQs
Divine presence is revealed through sacred geography—names and places encode the memory of revelation.
Acaleśvara, the Śiva-liṅga associated with the mountain (Acala) in the Arbuda region.
No direct ritual is prescribed; the verse explains the origin and fame (nāma-māhātmya) of Acaleśvara.