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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

शुक्लपक्षे चतुर्दश्यां सर्वलोकहितार्थतः । सप्तकृत्वो महादेवं सोमेशं कपिलेश्वरम् । यः पश्येत्प्रयतो भूत्वा स गोदानफलं लभेत्

Transliteration

śuklapakṣe caturdaśyāṃ sarvalokahitārthataḥ | saptakṛtvo mahādevaṃ someśaṃ kapileśvaram | yaḥ paśyetprayato bhūtvā sa godānaphalaṃ labhet

Translation

Am vierzehnten Mondtag der hellen Monatshälfte, zum Wohle aller Welten, erlangt, wer in Zucht und Sammlung siebenmal Mahādeva—Someśa, Kapileśvara—schaut, Verdienst, das der Gabe einer Kuh gleichkommt.

Word by Word
शुक्लपक्षेin the bright fortnight
शुक्लपक्षे:
Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootशुक्लपक्ष (प्रातिपदिक: शुक्ल + पक्ष)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Locative, Singular)
चतुर्दश्याम्on the fourteenth lunar day
चतुर्दश्याम्:
Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootचतुर्दशी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Feminine, Locative, Singular)
सर्वलोकहितार्थतःfor the welfare of all worlds
सर्वलोकहितार्थतः:
Hetu/Purpose (हेतु/प्रयोजन)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसर्वलोकहितार्थ (प्रातिपदिक: सर्व + लोक + हित + अर्थ)
Formतसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त-अव्यय (ablatival adverb in -तः); हेतु/उद्देश्यवाचक (for the sake of)
सप्तकृत्वःseven times
सप्तकृत्वः:
Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसप्तकृत्वस् (प्रातिपदिक: सप्त + कृत्वस्)
Formअव्यय; संख्यावाचक-आवृत्तिवाचक (adverb of frequency)
महादेवम्Mahādeva (Śiva)
महादेवम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootमहादेव (प्रातिपदिक: महा + देव)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Accusative, Singular)
सोमेशम्Someśa (Lord of Soma)
सोमेशम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootसोमेश (प्रातिपदिक: सोम + ईश)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Accusative, Singular)
कपिलेश्वरम्Kapileśvara
कपिलेश्वरम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootकपिलेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक: कपिल + ईश्वर)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Accusative, Singular)
यःwho (whoever)
यः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Pronoun; Masculine, Nominative, Singular)
पश्येत्should see
पश्येत्:
Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootदृश् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (Optative, Parasmaipada, 3rd person, Singular)
प्रयतःself-restrained, purified
प्रयतः:
Karta-visheshana (Agent qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रयत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (Masculine, Nominative, Singular; adjective)
भूत्वाhaving become
भूत्वा:
Kriya (Non-finite verb/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootभू (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund); धातु: भू (to become)
सःhe
सः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Pronoun; Masculine, Nominative, Singular)
गोदानफलम्the fruit of gifting a cow
गोदानफलम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootगोदानफल (प्रातिपदिक: गो + दान + फल)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular)
लभेत्would obtain
लभेत्:
Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootलभ् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (Optative, Atmanepada, 3rd person, Singular)
Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kapileśvara (within Prabhāsa-kṣetra); Someśa/Somnātha darśana

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī/Pārvatī (implied by adjacent verses’ address style)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A disciplined pilgrim at Prabhāsa on bright fortnight caturdaśī, moving in a sevenfold circuit between two Śiva shrines—Someśa and Kapileśvara—offering water, bilva leaves, and prostrations, with the sea-breeze and temple flags in the background.

Characters & Entities
K
Kapileśvara
M
Mahādeva
S
Someśa
Ś
Śukla-caturdaśī
P
Prabhāsa Kṣetra

FAQs

Time (tithi) + disciplined darśana at a tīrtha multiplies merit and channels it toward universal welfare.

Kapileśvara (also called Someśa/Mahādeva) in Prabhāsa Kṣetra.

On bright-fortnight caturdaśī, perform disciplined darśana of Kapileśvara seven times to gain godāna-equivalent merit.

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