Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 16

Devanagari script

तत्फलं समवाप्नोति तस्य लिंगस्य दर्शनात् । सोमपर्वणि संप्राप्ते यस्तत्र शुचिरात्मवान्

Transliteration

tatphalaṃ samavāpnoti tasya liṃgasya darśanāt | somaparvaṇi saṃprāpte yastatra śucirātmavān

Translation

Schon durch das bloße Schauen (Darśana) jenes heiligen Liṅga erlangt man die Frucht, die dem Ritus verheißen ist. Wenn das Soma-parvan, die heilige Mondobservanz, eintritt, gewinnt, wer dort in Reinheit und Selbstzucht verweilt, dieses Verdienst.

Word by Word

• tat: that
• tat: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; समासाङ्ग (with phalam)

• phalam: fruit/result
• phalam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; समासः कर्मधारयः (tat+phala)

• samavāpnoti: attains
• samavāpnoti: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ava√āp (धातु) (āp/āpnu) with उपसर्ग sam+ava
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; ‘attains fully’

• tasya: of that
• tasya: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive)

• liṃgasya: of the liṅga
• liṃgasya: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṃga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• darśanāt: from seeing
• darśanāt: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: darśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन; हेत्वर्थ (ablative of cause): ‘from/by (the act of) seeing’

• soma: Soma (lunar)
• soma: Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: soma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; समासाङ्ग

• parvaṇi: on the Soma festival day
• parvaṇi: Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: parvan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुषः (soma+parvan)

• saṃprāpte: when it has come/arrived
• saṃprāpte: Adhikaraṇa (Locative absolute/सप्तमी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam+pra√āp (धातु) + kta (क्त) → saṃprāpta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त), सप्तमी-सम्बन्धे (locative absolute with parvaṇi), नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; ‘when (it) has arrived’

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक: ‘there’

• śuciḥ: pure
• śuciḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śuci (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying yaḥ)

• ātmavān: self-possessed/self-controlled
• ātmavān: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ātman (प्रातिपदिक) + matup (मतुप्) प्रत्यय → ātmavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; मतुपन्त-विशेषण: ‘possessed of self (self-controlled)’

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa Liṅga (Somnātha/Prabhāsa tradition)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A 'priye'-addressed interlocutor implied by surrounding verses (beloved/consort figure)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim with folded hands beholds the radiant liṅga; the atmosphere suggests a lunar festival (Soma-parvan) with lamps, white offerings, and disciplined ascetics staying nearby.

Characters & Entities

• Liṅga
• Soma-parvan

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage is not only ritual—pure conduct and self-restraint, joined with darśana of the Liṅga, quickly yields the promised spiritual fruit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Prabhāsakṣetra), where the praised Liṅga is to be visited.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Observing Soma-parvan with śauca (purity) and disciplined presence at the kṣetra, centered on Liṅga-darśana.