Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 55

Devanagari script

ईश्वर उवाच । एवमस्त्वित्यहं प्रोच्य पुनर्लिंगे लयं गतः । एतत्ते कारणं देवि प्रोक्तं सर्वमशेषतः

Transliteration

īśvara uvāca | evamastvityahaṃ procya punarliṃge layaṃ gataḥ | etatte kāraṇaṃ devi proktaṃ sarvamaśeṣataḥ

Translation

自在天（Īśvara）曰：“如是。”言毕，我复归融入灵伽之中。噫，女神（Devī），此一切因缘，我已为汝尽皆宣说，无有遗余。

Word by Word

• īśvaraḥ: Īśvara (the Lord)
• īśvaraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन (singular)

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular)

• evam: thus
• evam: Avyaya (Adverbial/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रकारवाचक (adverb of manner)

• astu: let it be
• astu: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √as (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular)

• iti: thus (saying)
• iti: Avyaya (Quotation marker/इति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, इति-प्रयोग (quotative particle)

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन (singular)

• procya: having spoken
• procya: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: pra-√vac (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृदन्त/अव्ययभाव)
• Form: क्त्वान्त/ल्यपन्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), 'having said/declared'

• punar: again
• punar: Avyaya (Adverbial/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punar (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, काल/पुनरावृत्तिवाचक (adverb: again)

• liṅge: into/in the linga
• liṅge: Adhikaraṇa (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन (singular)

• layam: dissolution, absorption
• layam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: laya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन (singular)

• gataḥ: went, entered
• gataḥ: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (धातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle used predicatively), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन (singular)

• etat: this
• etat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), एकवचन (singular)

• te: to you
• te: Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), चतुर्थी (4th case), एकवचन (singular)

• kāraṇam: reason, cause
• kāraṇam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), एकवचन (singular)

• devi: O Goddess
• devi: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन (singular)

• proktam: has been told
• proktam: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√vac (धातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), एकवचन (singular)

• sarvam: everything
• sarvam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), एकवचन (singular)

• aśeṣataḥ: completely, without remainder
• aśeṣataḥ: Avyaya (Adverbial/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: aśeṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + tas (तसिल्)
• Form: तसिलन्त अव्यय (adverb: wholly, without remainder)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra / Someśvara (Somnātha)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva concludes the explanation to Devī, utters ‘evam astu’, and dissolves/merges into the radiant liṅga; Devī remains attentive in reverent stillness within a sacred coastal kṣetra ambience.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara (Śiva)
• Liṅga
• Devī (Pārvatī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva’s liṅga is affirmed as a direct locus of divine presence, where the Lord abides and is approached.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The context remains Prabhāsa-kṣetra and the Somnātha-liṅga.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual is prescribed; it narrates Śiva’s assent and abiding in the liṅga.