Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 58

Devanagari script

ये केचिद्भवितारो वा अतीता ये निशाकराः । तेषां सोमान्वयानां च सर्वेषामाद्यदैवतम्

Transliteration

ye kecidbhavitāro vā atītā ye niśākarāḥ | teṣāṃ somānvayānāṃ ca sarveṣāmādyadaivatam

Translation

Ob es die Monde sind, die noch kommen werden, oder die Monde, die bereits vergangen sind—für alle, die zur Linie Somas gehören, ist dieser Somēśvara die uranfängliche Gottheit, der erste Gott für sie alle.

Word by Word

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun)

• केचित्: some
• केचित्: Karta (Subject apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् + चित् (सर्वनाम + निपात)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; अनिश्चितवाचक (indefinite)

• भवितारः: future ones, those to be
• भवितारः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• वा: or
• वा: Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विकल्पार्थक-निपात (disjunctive particle)

• अतीताः: past, gone by
• अतीताः: Karta-viśeṣaṇa (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अतीत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √इ + अति, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle)

• ये: who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सम्बन्धक

• निशाकराः: moon-bearers; moons
• निशाकराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निशा + कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• सोमान्वयानाम्: of the Soma lineage
• सोमान्वयानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम + अन्वय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

• सर्वेषाम्: of all
• सर्वेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• आद्यदैवतम्: the primordial deity
• आद्यदैवतम्: Karta (Predicate nominative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आद्य + दैवत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Brahmā

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Somēśvara (Somnātha)

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A cosmic tableau: multiple crescent moons representing past and future generations orbit or bow toward Somēśvara, the primordial deity; the temple liṅga radiates steady light as time cycles around it.

Characters & Entities

• Soma lineage (somānvaya)
• niśākara (moon)
• Somēśvara (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

All cycles of time and lineage are rooted in the divine; Śiva as Somēśvara is presented as the foundational refuge for Soma’s line.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra by exalting Somēśvara, the central deity associated with the site’s fame.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription; it establishes theological primacy that supports the importance of Somēśvara worship and consecration.