Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 48

Devanagari script

दीपघंटावितानं च पर्यंकं च सतू लिकम् । सोमेश्वरं समुद्दिश्य देयं पौराणिके गुरौ

Transliteration

dīpaghaṃṭāvitānaṃ ca paryaṃkaṃ ca satū likam | someśvaraṃ samuddiśya deyaṃ paurāṇike gurau

Translation

Einen Lampenständer, eine Glocke, einen Baldachin (vitāna) und auch ein Lager mit Kissen—dies soll man als Gabe darbringen, es Someśvara weihend, dem purāṇischen Guru, der die Überlieferung auslegt.

Word by Word

• दीपघण्टावितानम्: (a set of) lamps, bells, and canopy
• दीपघण्टावितानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दीप (प्रातिपदिक) + घण्टा (प्रातिपदिक) + वितान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter) — समाहार-द्वन्द्व (collective set)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (Conjunction)

• पर्यङ्कम्: a couch/bed
• पर्यङ्कम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्यङ्क (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular), पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (Conjunction)

• सतूलिकम्: together with a cushion/pillow
• सतूलिकम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स (उपसर्ग/प्रातिपदिक ‘सह’) + तूलिका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter) — ‘तूलिकया सहितम्’

• सोमेश्वरम्: Someśvara (Lord Soma/Śiva)
• सोमेश्वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोमेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular), पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine) — देवता-नाम

• समुद्दिश्य: having directed (it) to / intending
• समुद्दिश्य: Kriya-vishesana (Converb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्-उद्-दिश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त/ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययभाव (Gerund/Absolutive) — ‘उद्दिश्य’ = ‘उद्देश्य’ (having intended/addressed)

• देयम्: should be given
• देयम्: Kriya (Predicate necessity)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दा (धातु) → देय (कृदन्त)
• Form: विधेय-भावे क्तव्यत्/यत्-प्रत्ययान्त (Gerundive), प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन, नपुंसकलिङ्ग — ‘दातव्यम्’

• पौराणिके: to the Purāṇa-knowing
• पौराणिके: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पौराणिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular), पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine) — ‘पौराणिके (गुरौ)’

• गुरौ: in/unto the teacher (guru)
• गुरौ: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुरु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular), पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Someśvara/Somnātha at Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Inside a Śaiva shrine at Prabhāsa: a devotee presents a lamp-stand, bell, and canopy to the presiding ācārya before Someśvara’s liṅga; attendants hang a vitāna above the sanctum; a couch with pillow is arranged as temple furnishing.

Characters & Entities

• Someśvara
• Guru (Paurāṇika)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Offering gifts in the deity’s name to a true teacher links devotion with dharma, preserving sacred knowledge and earning merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, where dāna dedicated to Someśvara is taught as part of the observance.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dāna of items (lamp, bell, canopy, couch with pillow) to a paurāṇika guru, explicitly dedicated to Someśvara.