Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 98

Devanagari script

ब्रह्मलोकमतिक्रम्य रुद्रलोके स गच्छतु । तथेत्युक्त्वा सोमनाथस्तत्रैवान्तरधीयत

Transliteration

brahmalokamatikramya rudraloke sa gacchatu | tathetyuktvā somanāthastatraivāntaradhīyata

Translation

„Möge er sogar die Welt Brahmās überschreiten und in Rudras Reich gelangen.“ Nachdem Somnātha gesprochen hatte: „So sei es“, entschwand er an eben dieser Stelle.

Word by Word

• ब्रह्मलोकम्: Brahmā’s world
• ब्रह्मलोकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; (ब्रह्मणः लोकः)

• अतिक्रम्य: having passed beyond
• अतिक्रम्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अति + क्रम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव

• रुद्रलोके: in Rudra’s world
• रुद्रलोके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; (रुद्रस्य लोकः)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• गच्छतु: let him go
• गच्छतु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• तथा: thus
• तथा: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: thus)

• इति: thus (quoting)
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/वाक्यसमाप्तिसूचक निपात (quotative particle)

• उक्त्वा: having said
• उक्त्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव

• सोमनाथः: Somanātha
• सोमनाथः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम + नाथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; (सोमस्य नाथः) ‘Lord of Soma’

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

• एव: indeed / just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक निपात (emphatic particle)

• अन्तर्धीयत: disappeared
• अन्तर्धीयत: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अन्तर् + धा (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद; ‘became hidden/disappeared’

Speaker

Somnātha (Śiva), issuing a boon; narration continues

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Somnātha/Someśvara (Vastrāpatha-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis (frame implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Somnātha speaks a boon: ‘Beyond Brahmaloka to Rudraloka’; then the liṅga’s radiance contracts and vanishes into the earth/space at the very spot, leaving devotees awestruck.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmaloka
• Rudraloka
• Somnātha
• Rudra/Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva’s grace is portrayed as surpassing even the highest heavenly attainments, granting access to Rudra’s own realm.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Somnātha in Prabhāsa, within the Vastrāpatha Kṣetra Māhātmya setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse records Śiva’s boon and the divine disappearance (antaradhāna).