Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 93

Devanagari script

यथाक्षणं यथाकालं लिंगं वेदमुपास्महे । यत्तु तेऽभिमतं सोम श्रीसोमेश्वरपूजनम् । तच्च संपादयिष्यामः सविशेषं महामते

Transliteration

yathākṣaṇaṃ yathākālaṃ liṃgaṃ vedamupāsmahe | yattu te'bhimataṃ soma śrīsomeśvarapūjanam | tacca saṃpādayiṣyāmaḥ saviśeṣaṃ mahāmate

Translation

At each proper moment and time we revere the liṅga and the Veda. And what you desire, O Soma—the worship of the revered Śrī Someśvara—this too we shall arrange in a special manner, O wise one.

Word by Word

• yathā-kṣaṇam: moment by moment; as each moment
• yathā-kṣaṇam: Adhikaraṇa (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय) + kṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः; अर्थे—"क्षणानुसारम्" (adverbial: according to each moment)

• yathā-kālam: in due time; as appropriate to time
• yathā-kālam: Adhikaraṇa (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय) + kāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; अव्ययवत्; अर्थे—"कालानुसारम्" (adverbial: according to time)

• liṅgam: the liṅga (Śiva-emblem)
• liṅgam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• vedam: the Veda
• vedam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: veda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• upāsmahe: we worship; we attend upon
• upāsmahe: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: upa-√ās (आस्) (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), उत्तमपुरुष, बहुवचन; आत्मनेपद

• yat: that which
• yat: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्धे—यद्-तद्-सम्बन्ध

• tu: but; indeed
• tu: Sambandha/Discourse particle (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (contrast/emphasis)

• te: your
• te: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (युष्मद्) (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (genitive: of you/your)

• abhimatam: desired; approved
• abhimatam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: abhi-mata (√man/मत) (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (yat इत्यस्य)

• soma: O Soma
• soma: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: soma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• śrī-someśvara-pūjanam: the worship of Śrī Someśvara
• śrī-someśvara-pūjanam: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī (प्रातिपदिक) + someśvara (प्रातिपदिक; soma+īśvara) + pūjana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (someśvarasya pūjanam) with उपपद/पूर्वपद-श्री; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; apposition to yat

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (yat...tat... correlation)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha/Connector (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

• saṃpādayiṣyāmaḥ: we will accomplish; we will arrange
• saṃpādayiṣyāmaḥ: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-√pad (पद्) (धातु) [णिच्]
• Form: लृट्-लकार (भविष्यत्), उत्तमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद; causative sense (ṇic): "we will accomplish/arrange"

• sa-viśeṣam: with special details; especially
• sa-viśeṣam: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sa (उपसर्ग/सह) + viśeṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; अव्ययवत्; अर्थे—"विशेषेण सह/विशेषयुक्तम्" (especially; with particulars)

• mahā-mate: O great-minded one
• mahā-mate: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + mati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (mahān matiḥ yasya); पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified (addressing Soma; promise of Someśvara worship at Prabhāsa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śrī Someśvara (Somnātha) at Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A ritual calendar motif (sun/moon, tithi wheel) above; below, priests and devotees perform Vedic chanting beside a liṅga; Soma (Moon deity) is shown as a radiant figure receiving assurance that Someśvara worship will be arranged specially; the Somnātha sanctum glows in the background.

Characters & Entities

• Soma
• Someśvara
• Liṅga
• Veda

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True devotion is disciplined—performed at the right times—and it also honors heartfelt intentions through special worship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, specifically through the prominence of Śrī Someśvara worship.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Timed worship (yathākāla) of the liṅga and Veda, and a special arrangement for Someśvara-pūjā.