Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 183

Devanagari script

सोमवारव्रतेनेशं समाराधय शंकरम् । एवं कृते व्याधिनाशस्तव पुत्र्या भविष्यति

Transliteration

somavāravrateneśaṃ samārādhaya śaṃkaram | evaṃ kṛte vyādhināśastava putryā bhaviṣyati

Translation

„Verehre den Herrn Śaṅkara durch das Montagsgelübde (Somavāra-vrata) mit ganzer Hingabe. Wenn dies getan ist, wird die Krankheit deiner Tochter gewiss vernichtet werden.“

Word by Word

• सोमवार-व्रतेन: by the Monday-vow
• सोमवार-व्रतेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोमवार + व्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; instrumental singular neuter; (सोमवारे यत् व्रतम्)

• ईशम्: the Lord
• ईशम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; accusative singular masculine

• समाराधय: worship, propitiate
• समाराधय: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + आ + राध् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (आज्ञार्थ/imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन; 2nd person singular imperative

• शंकरम्: Śaṅkara
• शंकरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शंकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; accusative singular masculine; ईशम् इति समानााधिकरण (apposition)

• एवम्: thus, in this way
• एवम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (manner adverb)

• कृते: when (it is) done
• कृते: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/सप्तमी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय; past passive participle) ‘done’; सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन, नपुंसकलिङ्ग; locative absolute sense ‘when this is done’

• व्याधि-नाशः: destruction of disease
• व्याधि-नाशः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्याधि + नाश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; nominative singular masculine

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; genitive singular (pronoun)

• पुत्र्याः: of (your) daughter
• पुत्र्याः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; genitive singular feminine

• भविष्यति: will be, will occur
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (भविष्यत्/Future), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; 3rd person singular simple future

Speaker

Gośṛṅga (sage)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Somēśvara at Prabhāsa (Somnātha)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: The concerned parent (Gandharva figure in the narrative)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage or authority figure instructs a worried parent: ‘Worship Śaṅkara by the Monday vow’; the emotional center is compassion for the diseased daughter and faith in Śiva’s grace.

Characters & Entities

• Somavāra-vrata
• Īśa
• Śaṅkara
• Daughter of the Gandharva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion disciplined by vrata is presented as a dhārmic path to both spiritual favor and the easing of worldly suffering.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Someshvara in Prabhāsa-kṣetra, approached through Śaṅkara worship and the Somavāra observance.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Observe Somavāra-vrata (Monday vow/fast) and propitiate Śaṅkara; the promised fruit is the removal of disease.