Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

यद्वा तद्वा पूजयित्वा लिंगं क्षेत्रस्य मध्यगम् । श्रीसोमेशमिति ज्ञात्वा सोमेशः पूजितो भवेत्

Transliteration

yadvā tadvā pūjayitvā liṃgaṃ kṣetrasya madhyagam | śrīsomeśamiti jñātvā someśaḥ pūjito bhavet

Translation

Wer irgendeinen Liṅga verehrt, der in der Mitte des heiligen Gebietes steht, und ihn als Śrī Someśa erkennt, der verehrt dadurch Someśa selbst.

Word by Word

• यद्: whatever
• यद्: Sambandha (correlative option)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘यद्वा’ इत्यत्र विकल्पार्थे

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha-bodhaka (Disjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (विकल्प/alternative particle)

• तद्: that (one)
• तद्: Sambandha (correlative option)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘तद्वा’ इत्यत्र विकल्पार्थे

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha-bodhaka (Disjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (विकल्प/alternative particle)

• पूजयित्वा: having worshipped
• पूजयित्वा: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु) + इत्वा (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• लिङ्गम्: the liṅga
• लिङ्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• क्षेत्रस्य: of the sacred field
• क्षेत्रस्य: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• मध्यगम्: situated in the middle
• मध्यगम्: Karma-vishesana (qualifier of liṅgam)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मध्य + ग (धातु) → मध्यग (कृदन्त/क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; ‘मध्यं गतम्’

• श्री: Śrī/holy
• श्री: Vishesana (honorific prefix)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सम्मानसूचक उपपद, समासपूर्वपद

• सोमेशम्: Someśa
• सोमेशम्: Karma (object of jñātvā: ‘knowing as Someśa’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम + ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; समासः: सोम-ईशः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• इति: thus/as
• इति: Vacana-paryavasana (Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (उद्धरण/quotative)

• ज्ञात्वा: having known/recognizing
• ज्ञात्वा: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञा (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• सोमेशः: Someśa
• सोमेशः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम + ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; समासः: सोम-ईशः

• पूजितः: worshipped
• पूजितः: Predicative (to someśaḥ)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूज् (धातु) → पूजित (कृदन्त/क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विधेयविशेषण

• भवेत्: would become/should be
• भवेत्: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śrī Someśa (madhyaga-liṅga of Prabhāsa)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim stands at the heart of Prabhāsa-kṣetra before a simple stone liṅga, offering water and bilva leaves; behind, the aura of Śrī Someśa manifests as a radiant Śiva-presence, indicating identity-through-recognition.

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Someśa (Someśvara)
• Śiva-liṅga
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Unity-in-worship: honoring a representative sacred form with right understanding connects the devotee to the principal deity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The central liṅga of Prabhāsa-kṣetra, understood as Śrī Someśa (Someśvara).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Liṅga-pūjā: worship any central liṅga in the kṣetra, with the contemplative identification ‘this is Śrī Someśa.’