Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 74

Devanagari script

सूर्यसोमान्वये कश्चिद्राजा भवतु भूतले

Transliteration

sūryasomānvaye kaścidrājā bhavatu bhūtale

Translation

„Möge auf Erden ein König aus der Sonnen‑ und Mondlinie erstehen.“

Word by Word

• सूर्यसोमान्वये: in the Solar-Lunar lineage
• सूर्यसोमान्वये: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य + सोम + अन्वय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (सूर्यसोमयोः अन्वयः)

• कश्चित्: someone, a certain (person)
• कश्चित्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कश्चित् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), एकवचन; अनिश्चितवाचक-सर्वनाम (indefinite pronoun)

• राजा: king
• राजा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), एकवचन

• भवतु: let (him) be / may (he) become
• भवतु: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थक/imperative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• भूतले: on the earth
• भूतले: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूतल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन

Speaker

Indra (continuing the petitionary narrative context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra (Prabhāsa ambit)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A concise, oracle-like statement: a king from the Solar–Lunar dynastic stream should arise on earth, implying restoration of righteous rule.

Characters & Entities

• Solar dynasty (Sūryavaṃśa)
• Lunar dynasty (Somavaṃśa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Earth’s order is upheld through righteous kingship aligned with dharma and sacred lineage ideals.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Implicitly within Vastrāpathakṣetra Māhātmya; no tīrtha is named in this single line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.