Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 59

Devanagari script

तत्र सोमेश्वरं दृष्ट्वा आनन्दाश्रुपरिप्लुतः । यात्राक्रमेण संपूज्य चक्रे सोमव्रतं क्रमात्

Transliteration

tatra someśvaraṃ dṛṣṭvā ānandāśrupariplutaḥ | yātrākrameṇa saṃpūjya cakre somavrataṃ kramāt

Translation

هناك، لمّا رأى سوميشڤرا، غمرته دموعُ الفرح. وبعد أن أدّى العبادة على نهجِ الحجّ المقدّس، أقام نذرَ سوما (نذر يوم الاثنين) خطوةً خطوة.

Word by Word

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (Locative adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (there)

• someśvaram: Someśvara
• someśvaram: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: soma (प्रातिपदिक) + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष; पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन

• dṛṣṭvā: having seen
• dṛṣṭvā: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛṣṭvā (कृदन्त; √dṛś (धातु))
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); पूर्वकाल (having seen)

• ānandāśrupariplutaḥ: bathed/overwhelmed with tears of joy
• ānandāśrupariplutaḥ: Karta (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ānanda (प्रातिपदिक) + aśru (प्रातिपदिक) + paripluta (कृदन्त; pari-√plu (धातु))
• Form: तत्पुरुष (ānandāt aśrubhiḥ pariplutaḥ / ānanda-aśru-pariplutaḥ); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (saḥ)

• yātrākrameṇa: by the sequence of pilgrimage rites
• yātrākrameṇa: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Manner/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yātrā (प्रातिपदिक) + krama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (yātrāyāḥ kramaḥ; tena); पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया, एकवचन

• saṃpūjya: having worshipped fully
• saṃpūjya: Pūrvakāla-kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: saṃpūjya (कृदन्त; saṃ-√pūj (धातु))
• Form: क्त्वान्त (gerund); पूर्वकाल—'having duly worshipped'

• cakre: performed/did
• cakre: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• somavratam: the Soma vow (Monday vow)
• somavratam: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: soma (प्रातिपदिक) + vrata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन

• kramāt: in due order
• kramāt: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Manner)
• Type: Noun
• Root: krama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी, एकवचन; अव्ययीभावार्थे—'क्रमात्' = 'क्रमेण'

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) (narration within the chapter)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Someśvara (Prabhāsa)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Before the Someśvara liṅga, the Gandharva stands with folded hands, eyes brimming with joyful tears; attendants arrange lamps, bilva leaves, and water vessels as he worships in pilgrimage order and begins the Soma-vrata.

Characters & Entities

• Someśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Darśana awakens devotion, and devotion is completed by orderly worship and disciplined vrata-practice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Someśvara in Prabhāsa Kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Following yātrā-krama (pilgrimage protocol) and performing the Soma/Somavāra vrata sequentially.