Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

सोमेश्वरप्रतिष्ठाप्य प्रारब्धे यज्ञकर्मणि । सोमेन तत्र देवानामागता सा दिदृक्षया

Transliteration

someśvarapratiṣṭhāpya prārabdhe yajñakarmaṇi | somena tatra devānāmāgatā sā didṛkṣayā

Translation

„Als Soma (den Liṅga des) Someśvara errichtet hatte und das Opferwerk (yajña) begann, kam sie dort zusammen mit Soma, im Wunsch, die Götter zu schauen.“

Word by Word

• सोमेश्वर: Soma-lord (Someśvara)
• सोमेश्वर: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (समास); प्रातिपदिकम्; (compound base used with next kridanta)

• प्रतिष्ठाप्य: having स्थापित/installed
• प्रतिष्ठाप्य: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति-स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), परस्मैपदी; अव्ययभावः; ‘having established’

• प्रारब्धे: when begun/commenced
• प्रारब्धे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र-रभ् (धातु) → प्रारब्ध (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (to यज्ञकर्मणि)

• यज्ञकर्मणि: in the sacrificial rite
• यज्ञकर्मणि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञकर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; यज्ञस्य कर्म (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• सोमेन: by Soma
• सोमेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• देवानाम्: of the gods
• देवानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन

• आगता: came/arrived
• आगता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-गम् (धातु) → आगत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त (past participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोगः

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• दिदृक्षया: with the desire to see
• दिदृक्षया: Hetu (Cause/Purpose/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दृश् (धातु) → दिदृक्षा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; हेतौ/प्रयोजने (instrumental of purpose)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Someśvara (Śiva-liṅga) in Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Umā)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Soma installs the Someśvara liṅga; as the yajña begins, the Devī arrives with Soma, eager to behold the assembled gods.

Characters & Entities

• Soma
• Someśvara
• Devas
• Maṅgalā (implied)
• Prabhāsa Kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred acts like liṅga-pratiṣṭhā and yajña draw divine presence; the kṣetra becomes a meeting-ground of gods and devotees.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Someśvara within Prabhāsa Kṣetra, connected to Soma’s installation and sacrificial worship.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Liṅga-pratiṣṭhā (establishing Someśvara) and performance of yajña are referenced as meritorious acts.