Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 80

Devanagari script

पूजितो यैर्जगन्नाथः सोमेशः किल भैरवः । तिर्यग्योनिगता ये तु पशुपक्षिपिपीलिकाः

Transliteration

pūjito yairjagannāthaḥ someśaḥ kila bhairavaḥ | tiryagyonigatā ye tu paśupakṣipipīlikāḥ

Translation

Diejenigen, die den Herrn des Universums—Someśa, wahrlich Bhairava—verehrt haben, werden selbst dann durch diese Verehrung erhoben, wenn sie in nichtmenschlichen Schoßen als Tiere, Vögel oder gar Ameisen geboren werden.

Word by Word

• पूजितः: worshipped
• पूजितः: Kriya (Predicate participle)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूजित (कृदन्त; √पूज् धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा-विभक्तिः एकवचनम्; भूतकृदन्तः (क्त) = “worshipped” (predicate)

• यैः: by whom
• यैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे तृतीया-विभक्तिः बहुवचनम्; relative pronoun “by whom”

• जगन्नाथः: Jagannātha (Lord of the world)
• जगन्नाथः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् + नाथ (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा-विभक्तिः एकवचनम्; तत्पुरुषः—“जगतः नाथः”

• सोमेशः: Someśa
• सोमेशः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम + ईश (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा-विभक्तिः एकवचनम्; apposition to जगन्नाथः

• किल: indeed/it is said
• किल: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: किल (अव्यय)
• Form: निपातः (indeclinable particle) expressing emphasis/report “indeed/it is said”

• भैरवः: Bhairava
• भैरवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भैरव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा-विभक्तिः एकवचनम्; apposition

• तिर्यक्: animal/oblique (non-human)
• तिर्यक्: Sambandha (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तिर्यक् (अव्यय/विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय-स्वरूपं/विशेषणम्; in compound with योनि

• योनि-गताः: born in (a) womb/birth
• योनि-गताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: योनि + गत (कृदन्त; √गम् धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा-विभक्तिः बहुवचनम्; भूतकृदन्तः (क्त) ‘गत’; तत्पुरुषः—“योनौ गताः” = “gone into a womb/birth”

• ये: those who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा-विभक्तिः बहुवचनम्; relative pronoun “those who”

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/विशेष-निपातः (but/indeed)

• पशु-पक्षि-पिपीलिकाः: animals, birds, (and) ants
• पशु-पक्षि-पिपीलिकाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पशु + पक्षिन् + पिपीलिका (प्रातिपदिकानि)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा-विभक्तिः बहुवचनम्; द्वन्द्व-समासः (समाहार/इतरेतर) = “animals, birds, and ants”

Speaker

Śiva (addressing Devī/Pārvatī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Somnātha)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At Prabhāsa, devotees offer flowers and lamps to Somnātha (Someśa) while a fierce yet protective Bhairava stands nearby; animals, birds, and tiny ants gather at the temple threshold, symbolically receiving uplift through the sanctity of worship.

Characters & Entities

• Someśa (Somānātha)
• Bhairava
• Jagannātha (epithet)
• paśu
• pakṣi
• pipīlikā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worship of Someśa at Prabhāsa carries an extraordinary saving power that transcends birth-status, even reaching beings in non-human forms.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra and the Someśa/Somānātha liṅga, praised also in the Bhairava aspect.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pūjā (worship) of Someśa/Somānātha (Bhairava), implying devotional offerings and reverence at the shrine.