Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 58

Devanagari script

तस्य संस्तूयमानस्य तेजः सोमस्य भास्वतः । आप्यायमानं लोकांस्त्रीन्भासयामास सर्वशः

Transliteration

tasya saṃstūyamānasya tejaḥ somasya bhāsvataḥ | āpyāyamānaṃ lokāṃstrīnbhāsayāmāsa sarvaśaḥ

Translation

As that radiant Soma was being praised, his splendor—ever increasing—illumined the three worlds in every direction.

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him/that
• तस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी विभक्ति, एकवचन

• संस्तूयमानस्य: of (him) being praised
• संस्तूयमानस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संस्तूयमान (कृदन्त; √स्तु धातु, उपसर्ग सम्-)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी विभक्ति, एकवचन; वर्तमानकृदन्त (शानच्/मान) कर्मणि—‘being praised’

• तेजः: splendor, radiance
• तेजः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तेजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सोमस्य: of Soma
• सोमस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी विभक्ति, एकवचन

• भास्वतः: shining
• भास्वतः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भास्वत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (agreeing with सोमस्य)

• आप्यायमानम्: increasing
• आप्यायमानम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आप्यायमान (कृदन्त; √प्या/√प्याय् धातु, उपसर्ग आ-)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; वर्तमानकृदन्त (मान) — ‘increasing, swelling’ (agreeing with तेजः)

• लोकान्: worlds
• लोकान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• त्रीन्: three
• त्रीन्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन; संख्यावाचक (agreeing with लोकान्)

• भासयामास: illuminated
• भासयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भास् धातु, णिच् (causative) + लिट्
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; णिजन्त ‘caused to shine/illuminated’

• सर्वशः: everywhere / in all ways
• सर्वशः: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वशः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/व्याप्तिवाचक (adverb: ‘in every way/entirely’)

Speaker

Likely Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa/Sūta) narrating within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Soma stands praised by sages; his cool, radiant aura swells like a moon becoming full, sending beams in all directions that touch heaven, earth, and the nether realms—depicted as three layered cosmic bands.

Characters & Entities

• Soma
• Three Worlds (trailokya)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Praise (stuti) magnifies divine presence; when divinity is honored, its grace becomes universally beneficial.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, where Soma’s brilliance is depicted as world-illuminating—underscoring the site’s sanctity.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse implies stotra/stuti as a sacred act, but gives no specific vrata, dāna, or snāna instruction.