Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

दृष्ट्वा सोमेश्वरं चैव साष्टांगं प्रणिपत्य च । प्रदक्षिणादिकं कुर्यात्संपश्येच्च पुनःपुनः

Transliteration

dṛṣṭvā someśvaraṃ caiva sāṣṭāṃgaṃ praṇipatya ca | pradakṣiṇādikaṃ kuryātsaṃpaśyecca punaḥpunaḥ

Translation

فإذا أبصر المرء سوميشڤارا، فليسجد له بسجود الأعضاء الثمانية (sāṣṭāṅga) خضوعًا. ثم ليقم بالطواف التعبّدي وما شابهه، وليتأمّل حضرته مرارًا وتكرارًا.

Word by Word

• dṛṣṭvā: having seen
• dṛṣṭvā: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्यय; पूर्वक्रिया

• someśvaram: Someśvara
• someśvaram: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: soma + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्म (object of seeing)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction/समुच्चय)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (emphatic particle/निपात)

• sāṣṭāṅgam: with eight limbs (full prostration)
• sāṣṭāṅgam: Kriya-visheshana (Manner/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa + aṣṭāṅga (प्रातिपदिक; स- + अष्टाङ्ग-)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणवत् (accusative of manner: “with eight limbs”)

• praṇipatya: having prostrated
• praṇipatya: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-ni-pat (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्यय; पूर्वक्रिया

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction)

• pradakṣiṇādikam: circumambulation and the like
• pradakṣiṇādikam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pradakṣiṇā + ādi + ka (प्रातिपदिक; प्रदक्षिणा-आदि-क)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्म (object of doing)

• kuryāt: should do
• kuryāt: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/विधि), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• saṃpaśyet: should behold
• saṃpaśyet: Kriya (Co-verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-paś (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction)

• punaḥ: again
• punaḥ: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• punaḥ: again and again
• punaḥ: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb; repetition for emphasis)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) (continued instruction context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Someśvara (Somnātha)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim stands before the Someshvara liṅga, performs full aṣṭāṅga prostration, rises, and circumambulates the sanctum; the deity is beheld repeatedly with folded hands.

Characters & Entities

• Someśvara
• Sāṣṭāṅga praṇipāta
• Pradakṣiṇā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion is expressed through body, movement, and sustained attention—prostration, circumambulation, and repeated darśana.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Someśvara in Prabhāsa Kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Sāṣṭāṅga praṇipāta (full prostration), pradakṣiṇā (circumambulation), and repeated darśana of Someśvara.