Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 67

Devanagari script

एतस्मिन्नन्तरे देवि सोमेशस्य समीपतः । चतुर्द्दशे विभागे तु धनुषां च शतद्वयम्

Transliteration

etasminnantare devi someśasya samīpataḥ | caturddaśe vibhāge tu dhanuṣāṃ ca śatadvayam

Translation

In eben diesem Gebiet, o Göttin, nahe bei Someśa — in der vierzehnten Abteilung — liegt ein Maß von zweihundert dhanus.

Word by Word

• एतस्मिन्: in this
• एतस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• अन्तरे: in the interval/within
• अन्तरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; अधिकरण

• देवि: O goddess
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन

• सोमेशस्य: of Someśa
• सोमेशस्य: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोमेश (प्रातिपदिक; सोम + ईश)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी: सोमस्य ईशः)

• समीपतः: near/at the vicinity of
• समीपतः: Desha (Spatial relation/देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: समीप (प्रातिपदिक) + तस् (तसिल्)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (from near/nearby)

• चतुर्दशे: in the fourteenth
• चतुर्दशे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर्दश (संख्याप्रातिपदिक; चतुर् + दश)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; द्विगु-समास; विशेषण (विभागे)

• विभागे: in the division/section
• विभागे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विभाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; अधिकरण

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विशेषणार्थक-अव्यय (indeed/and)

• धनुषाम्: of bows (as a measure)
• धनुषाम्: Sambandha (Measure/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनुस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), बहुवचन; परिमाण-सम्बन्ध

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• शतद्वयम्: two hundred
• शतद्वयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत + द्वय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; द्विगु-समास (द्वे शते)

Speaker

Śiva

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Someśa vicinity sector (14th division)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārvatī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A schematic-yet-sacred landscape: Someśa temple as the anchor, with an indicated ‘fourteenth division’ and a measured corridor of two hundred dhanus leading to a circular precinct.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Pārvatī
• Someśa
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The māhātmya treats sacred space as carefully ordered, suggesting that devotion is supported by disciplined knowledge of the kṣetra.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Someśa and its nearby precinct within Prabhāsa-kṣetra, described by a specific sector (fourteenth division).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual prescription is present; the verse provides positional detail for locating the holy spot.