Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 36

Devanagari script

स्नातः सोमग्रहे चन्द्र सोमवारे च भक्तितः । यो मां पश्यति सर्वेषामेतेषां लभते फलम्

Transliteration

snātaḥ somagrahe candra somavāre ca bhaktitaḥ | yo māṃ paśyati sarveṣāmeteṣāṃ labhate phalam

Translation

Wer zur Zeit einer Mondfinsternis gebadet hat und am Montag in Hingabe Mich (Somnātha) schaut, erlangt die volle Verdienste-Frucht all dieser heiligen Observanzen.

Word by Word

• स्नातः: having bathed
• स्नातः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्ना (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोगे ‘having bathed’

• सोम-ग्रहॆ: at the lunar eclipse
• सोम-ग्रहॆ: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: soma (प्रातिपदिक) + graha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (सोमस्य ग्रहः)

• चन्द्र: O Candra (Moon)
• चन्द्र: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: candra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

• सोम-वारे: on Monday
• सोम-वारे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: soma (प्रातिपदिक) + vāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (सोमस्य वारे)

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

• भक्तितः: with devotion / out of devotion
• भक्तितः: Hetu (हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bhakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सम्बन्ध-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• पश्यति: sees
• पश्यति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पश् (धातु)
• Form: लट्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सर्वेषाम्: of all
• सर्वेषाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; विशेषण (एतेषाम्)

• एतेषाम्: of these
• एतेषाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• लभते: obtains
• लभते: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• फलम्: fruit/result
• फलम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

Speaker

Śiva (as Somnātha), within the Prabhāsa-kṣetra praise context

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Somnātha (Prabhāsa)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Night-time lunar eclipse over the sea; pilgrims bathe and then enter Somnātha temple on a Monday, offering bilva and lamps; the moon (Soma) is visually linked to Somnātha.

Characters & Entities

• Somnātha
• Śiva
• Candra (Moon)
• Somavāra (Monday)
• Somagraha (lunar eclipse)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional darśana of Somnātha, supported by purity through sacred bathing and auspicious timing, gathers the merit of many rites into one.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, especially Somnātha (Somnātheśvara) on the western coast.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (bathing) during a lunar eclipse and devotional worship/darśana on Somavāra (Monday).