Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

यच्च तत्परमं देवि ध्रुवमक्षयमव्ययम् । सोमेशं तद्विजानीहि मा विकल्पमना भव

Transliteration

yacca tatparamaṃ devi dhruvamakṣayamavyayam | someśaṃ tadvijānīhi mā vikalpamanā bhava

Translation

„Und was immer das Höchste ist, o Devī — fest, unvergänglich und unerschöpflich — erkenne dies als Somēśvara. Lass deinen Geist nicht in Zweifel fallen.“

Word by Word

• yat: which/that (thing)
• yat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; relative pronoun (which/that)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• tat-paramam: that supreme
• tat-paramam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + parama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (तत् + परम); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; superlative sense

• devi: O Goddess
• devi: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन

• dhruvam: fixed, eternal
• dhruvam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dhruva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन

• akṣayam: imperishable
• akṣayam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a-kṣaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; नञ्-पूर्वक (negation)

• avyayam: unchanging
• avyayam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a-vyaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; नञ्-पूर्वक

• someśam: Someśa (Lord Soma/Śiva)
• someśam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: soma + īśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (सोमस्य ईशः); पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; demonstrative pronoun (that)

• vijānīhi: know, understand
• vijānīhi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √jñā (धातु) + vi- (उपसर्ग)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• mā: do not
• mā: Pratiṣedha (Prohibition/प्रतिषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: mā (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (prohibitive particle)

• vikalpa-manāḥ: one whose mind is doubtful/hesitant
• vikalpa-manāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vikalpa (प्रातिपदिक) + manas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (विकल्पः मनसि यस्य/विकल्पयुक्त-मनस्); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• bhava: become, be
• bhava: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Somēśvara (Somnātha)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī/Pārvatī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva instructs Devī: the imperishable, undecaying supreme is to be known as Somēśvara; Devī’s posture shifts from questioning to serene certainty; the liṅga stands luminous and still.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Somēśvara
• akṣaya/avyaya (imperishable reality)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Faith free from doubt steadies the seeker; the supreme and imperishable is to be recognized in Somēśvara.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Somēśvara of Prabhāsakṣetra, identified with the supreme, imperishable principle.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A devotional-mental instruction is given: avoid vikalpa (doubt/wavering) regarding Somēśvara.