Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 56

Devanagari script

एवं कृते विधाने तु देहपाते शिवं व्रजेत् । कल्पकोटिसहस्राणि कल्पकोटिशतानि च । भुंक्तेऽसौ विपुलान्भो गान्यावदाभूतसंप्लवम्

Transliteration

evaṃ kṛte vidhāne tu dehapāte śivaṃ vrajet | kalpakoṭisahasrāṇi kalpakoṭiśatāni ca | bhuṃkte'sau vipulānbho gānyāvadābhūtasaṃplavam

Translation

إذا أُجري هذا الإجراء على هذا النحو، فعند سقوط الجسد يمضي المرء إلى شِيفا. ولآلافٍ ومئاتِ الكُرور من الكَلْبَات، يهنأ بلذّاتٍ سماويةٍ واسعة، إلى أن يقع الانحلال الكوني.

Word by Word

• evam: thus, in this manner
• evam: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of manner)

• kṛte: when (it is) done
• kṛte: Adhikaraṇa (Locative circumstance)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṛta (कृदन्त; √kṛ (धातु))
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-एकवचन (locative singular); 'कृते (सति)'—सप्तमी-सम्बन्ध/सप्तमी-absolute

• vidhāne: in the prescribed rite/arrangement
• vidhāne: Adhikaraṇa (Location/circumstance)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vidhāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन (singular)

• tu: indeed, but
• tu: Sambandha-bodhaka (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधान/विरोधार्थक निपात (particle: but/indeed)

• dehapāte: at the falling of the body (at death)
• dehapāte: Adhikaraṇa (Time/circumstance)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deha (प्रातिपदिक) + pāta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष समास (dehasya pātaḥ); पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• śivam: Śiva
• śivam: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• vrajet: should go/attain
• vrajet: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vraj (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative/optative-like injunctive usage); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• kalpakoṭisahasrāṇi: thousands of crores of kalpas
• kalpakoṭisahasrāṇi: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Duration/extent; accusative of time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kalpa (प्रातिपदिक) + koṭi (प्रातिपदिक) + sahasra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समाहार/गणनार्थ तत्पुरुष (kalpānāṃ koṭayaḥ; tāsu sahasrāṇi); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन

• kalpakoṭiśatāni: hundreds of crores of kalpas
• kalpakoṭiśatāni: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Duration/extent)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kalpa (प्रातिपदिक) + koṭi (प्रातिपदिक) + śata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: गणनार्थ तत्पुरुष; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (conjunction)

• bhuṃkte: enjoys/experiences
• bhuṃkte: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhuj (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present indicative); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• asau: he
• asau: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asau (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• vipulān: abundant, vast
• vipulān: Karma (Qualifier of object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vipula (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; विशेषण (bhogān)

• bhogān: enjoyments, pleasures
• bhogān: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhoga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन

• yāvat: until, as long as
• yāvat: Avadhi (Limit marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yāvat (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण/पर्यन्तवाचक (until/as long as)

• ābhūtasaṃplavam: up to the cosmic dissolution
• ābhūtasaṃplavam: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Terminal limit; accusative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ā (उपसर्ग) + bhūta (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃplava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव समास (ā + bhūta-saṃplava); पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन; 'पर्यन्तम्' अर्थे

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) (contextual attribution within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Someśvara)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Inquirer receiving the full vidhāna

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A two-register cosmic tableau: below, the devotee completes the Somavāra rite at Someśvara; above, the soul ascends to Śiva’s realm, luminous and serene, with vast celestial pleasures extending across kalpas, ending at the horizon of pralaya.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Correctly performed sacred observance yields both bhoga (merit-based enjoyment) and the higher goal—Śiva-gati (attainment of Śiva).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, through the vrata connected with Someśvara.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It refers to performing the vrata ‘according to the prescribed procedure’ (vidhāna) taught in the chapter.