Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 118

Devanagari script

ततः सोमेश्वरं देवं पूजयेद्विधिवन्नरः । नवग्रहेश्वरानिष्ट्वा रुद्रैकादशकं तथा

Transliteration

tataḥ someśvaraṃ devaṃ pūjayedvidhivannaraḥ | navagraheśvarāniṣṭvā rudraikādaśakaṃ tathā

Translation

Danach soll der Mensch den Gott Someśvara nach rechter Vorschrift verehren; und nachdem er die Herren der neun Planeten ordnungsgemäß verehrt hat, soll er auch die elf Rudras verehren.

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: सम्बन्ध/अनुक्रम (Sequence)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• सोमेश्वरम्: Someśvara
• सोमेश्वरम्: कर्म (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (सोमस्य ईश्वरः)

• देवम्: the god
• देवम्: कर्म (Apposition/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• पूजयेत्: should worship
• पूजयेत्: क्रिया (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• विधिवत्: properly
• विधिवत्: क्रियाविशेषण (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• नरः: a man
• नरः: कर्ता (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• नवग्रहेश्वरान्: the lords of the nine planets
• नवग्रहेश्वरान्: कर्म (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नव (प्रातिपदिक) + ग्रह (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष (नवग्रहाणाम् ईश्वराः)

• इष्ट्वा: having worshipped
• इष्ट्वा: पूर्वकाल (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: यज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund); धातु: यज् (to sacrifice/worship)

• रुद्रैकादशकम्: the group of eleven Rudras
• रुद्रैकादशकम्: कर्म (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक) + एकादश (प्रातिपदिक) + क (तद्धित)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; द्विगु-समास (एकादश रुद्राः) + -क (collective)

• तथा: and likewise
• तथा: समुच्चय/अनुक्रम (Addition)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle/adverb)

Speaker

Narratorial voice within the Māhātmya (deduced: Sūta-like narrator addressing listeners)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Someśvara (within Prabhāsa-kṣetra)

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: In a coastal temple precinct, the pilgrim worships Someśvara liṅga; nearby are nine small graha icons/altars and a ring of eleven Rudra emblems, with priests conducting orderly offerings.

Characters & Entities

• Someśvara
• Navagraha
• Ekādaśa Rudra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage becomes complete when devotion is expressed through orderly, scripturally guided worship—honoring Śiva along with cosmic divine powers.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, with emphasis on the shrine of Someśvara within the Prabhāsa sacred geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A sequential worship: first Someśvara (Śiva), then the Navagraha deities, and also the Eleven Rudras, all performed vidhivat (according to rite).