Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 109

Devanagari script

तस्मिन्काले च यो दद्यात्सोमेशे घृतकम्बलम्

Transliteration

tasminkāle ca yo dadyātsomeśe ghṛtakambalam

Translation

Wer zu jener glückverheißenden Zeit Someśa (dem Herrn des Soma) die Gabe darbringt, die ghṛta-kambala genannt wird, erlangt großes religiöses Verdienst.

Word by Word

• तस्मिन्: at that (time)
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धक-सर्वनाम

• काले: at the time
• काले: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय-बोधक

• यः: whoever
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्धक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• दद्यात्: should give
• दद्यात्: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम

• सोमेशे: to/for Someśvara
• सोमेशे: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम + ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष; देवतासम्बन्धे अधिकरणम् (‘at/for Someśvara’)

• घृतकम्बलम्: a ghee-blanket (named offering)
• घृतकम्बलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: घृत + कम्बल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (घृतेन/घृतस्य कम्बलः—नामरूपेण)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa Māhātmya narration style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Someśvara/Somnātha

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee presents a ritual vessel containing the ghṛta-kambala mixture before the Somnātha liṅga; priests chant while lamps flicker in the sanctum.

Characters & Entities

• Someśa
• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Timely charity (dāna) offered to Śiva at a famed tīrtha becomes a powerful multiplier of puṇya.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra (Prabhāsa), with worship directed to Someśa, the Śiva of that sacred region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The prescription is to offer the specific gift called ghṛta-kambala to Someśa at the stated auspicious time.