Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

यस्मात्प्रतिष्ठितं लिंगं त्वया सोम शुभं मम । सोमनाथेति मे नाम तस्मात्ख्यातिं गमिष्यति

Transliteration

yasmātpratiṣṭhitaṃ liṃgaṃ tvayā soma śubhaṃ mama | somanātheti me nāma tasmātkhyātiṃ gamiṣyati

Translation

Since you, O Soma, auspiciously established this liṅga of mine, therefore my name “Somanātha” shall become famed in the world.

Word by Word

• यस्मात्: because; since
• यस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• प्रतिष्ठितम्: has been established
• प्रतिष्ठितम्: Kriya (Result state/फल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु) + प्रति (उपसर्ग) + क्त (कृत्)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन; ‘established’ (agreeing with लिंगम्)

• लिंगम्: the liṅga
• लिंगम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• सोम: O Soma
• सोम: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• शुभम्: auspicious
• शुभम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifies लिंगम्)

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• सोमनाथ: Somanātha
• सोमनाथ: Predicate complement (नाम)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम (प्रातिपदिक) + नाथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन (नामरूपेण)

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (quotative)

• मे: my
• मे: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• नाम: name
• नाम: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu/Conclusion (Inference)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् (therefore; ablative used adverbially)

• ख्यातिम्: fame; renown
• ख्यातिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ख्याति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• गमिष्यति: will attain; will go to
• गमिष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

Speaker

Śiva (Śambhu)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Somanātha at Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Soma/Candra (Niśākara)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Soma (Candra) reverently establishes a radiant liṅga at Prabhāsa; Śiva proclaims the name ‘Somanātha’ as the shrine shines with lunar-white aura.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Soma (Candra)
• Somnātha
• Liṅga
• Prabhāsa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Consecration offered in devotion sanctifies both worshipper and place, and divine names memorialize sacred acts.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa, associated with the famed Somnātha liṅga.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Liṅga-pratiṣṭhā (establishing/consecrating the liṅga) is referenced as the foundational sacred act.