Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 20

Devanagari script

अनाहतं शब्दगतं शब्दादिगणसंभवम् । एवं सोमेश्वरं विद्धि प्रभासे लिंगरूपिणम्

Transliteration

anāhataṃ śabdagataṃ śabdādigaṇasaṃbhavam | evaṃ someśvaraṃ viddhi prabhāse liṃgarūpiṇam

Translation

Erkenne Someśvara in Prabhāsa—in der Gestalt des Liṅga—als den ungeschlagenen Klang (anāhata), der im Klang selbst gegenwärtig ist und aus dem die Kategorien, beginnend mit dem Klang, hervorgehen.

Word by Word

• अनाहतम्: unstruck (unproduced)
• अनाहतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनाहत (कृदन्त; √हन् धातु, क्त; उपसर्ग आ; नञ्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया/प्रथमा एकवचन; नञ् + क्त — Neuter, Accusative/Nominative Singular

• शब्द-गतम्: gone into / pertaining to sound
• शब्द-गतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शब्द (प्रातिपदिक) + गत (कृदन्त; √गम् धातु, क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया/प्रथमा एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त — Neuter, Accusative/Nominative Singular

• शब्द-आदि-गण-संभवम्: source of the group beginning with sound
• शब्द-आदि-गण-संभवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शब्द (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक) + गण (प्रातिपदिक) + संभव (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त; √भू धातु, उपसर्ग सम्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया/प्रथमा एकवचन — Neuter, Accusative/Nominative Singular

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण — Indeclinable; adverb ‘thus’

• सोमेश्वरम्: Someśvara (Lord Soma)
• सोमेश्वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया एकवचन — Masculine, Accusative Singular

• विद्धि: know; understand
• विद्धि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √विद् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (आज्ञार्थ), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम् — Imperative, 2nd person singular, active

• प्रभासे: in Prabhāsa
• प्रभासे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी एकवचन — Masculine, Locative Singular

• लिङ्ग-रूपिणम्: having the form of a liṅga
• लिङ्ग-रूपिणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक) + रूपिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया एकवचन — Masculine, Accusative Singular (qualifying सोमेश्वरम्)

Speaker

Deductive: narrator/teacher figure concluding the description of Someśvara at Prabhāsa

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa—Someśvara/Somnatha

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim-sage sits before the Someśvara liṅga at Prabhāsa; waves of subtle sound (concentric ripples) emanate from the liṅga into the cosmos, birthing the sensory categories; the sea-coast light of Prabhāsa glows behind the temple silhouette.

Characters & Entities

• Someśvara
• Prabhāsa
• Liṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Prabhāsa Liṅga (Someśvara) is taught as the inner, unstruck source-principle behind sound and manifestation—inviting meditative realization.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa kṣetra explicitly, with focus on Someśvara in Liṅga form.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No formal rite is stated; a yogic/meditative orientation is implied through contemplation of anāhata (inner sound) and praṇava-like principles.