Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 50

Devanagari script

ऊर्द्ध्वमाचक्रमे तस्य सोमसंभावितात्मनः । नेत्राभ्यां सोमः सुस्राव दशधा द्योतयन्दिशः

Transliteration

ūrddhvamācakrame tasya somasaṃbhāvitātmanaḥ | netrābhyāṃ somaḥ susrāva daśadhā dyotayandiśaḥ

Translation

Da erhob sich Soma für den, dessen Wesen von Soma durchdrungen war, nach oben; und aus seinen Augen floss Soma in zehn Strömen hervor und erleuchtete die Himmelsrichtungen.

Word by Word

• ऊर्ध्वम्: upwards
• ऊर्ध्वम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ऊर्ध्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययम्; दिशावाचक-अव्यय (adverb: upward)

• आचकमे: went/advanced
• आचकमे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्रम् (धातु) उपसर्गः आ-
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/परोक्ष), प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd), एकवचनम्; आत्मनेपदम्; आ-उपसर्गयुक्त

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचनम्; सर्वनाम-रूपम्

• सोमसंभावितात्मनः: of him whose self was infused/empowered by Soma
• सोमसंभावितात्मनः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सोम-संभावित-आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक; सोम + संभावित + आत्मन्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचनम्; तत्पुरुषः (determinative: ‘whose self is made possible/filled by Soma’)

• नेत्राभ्याम्: by/through (his) two eyes
• नेत्राभ्याम्: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), द्विवचनम्

• सोमः: Soma
• सोमः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचनम्

• सुस्राव: flowed forth
• सुस्राव: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्रु (धातु) उपसर्गः सु-
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/परोक्ष), प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd), एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्; सु-उपसर्गयुक्त

• दशधा: tenfold
• दशधा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दशधा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (distributive adverb: tenfold)

• द्योतयन्: illuminating
• द्योतयन्: Karta (Agent as participle/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्योत् (धातु) + शतृ (कृदन्त) → द्योतयत्
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचनम्; शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकृदन्त (present participle)

• दिशः: the directions
• दिशः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिश् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), बहुवचनम्

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: From Atri’s eyes, Soma flows in ten radiant streams (suggested as fan-like rays) illuminating all directions; Soma also ‘rises upward’ from his soma-suffused being—cosmic light over the coastal sacred land.

Characters & Entities

• Soma
• Daśa diśaḥ (ten directions)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purity and tapas can transmute consciousness into a luminous, world-benefiting force, symbolized by Soma’s radiance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, where the Māhātmya situates Soma’s sacred manifestation as part of the kṣetra’s glory.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated; the verse describes a miraculous fruit of austerity and divine transformation.