Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

अवाप सिद्धिमत्युग्रां स्पर्शलिंगप्रकाशिनीम् । सोमनाथेति यां प्राहुः प्रसिद्धां लिंगरूपिणीम्

Transliteration

avāpa siddhimatyugrāṃ sparśaliṃgaprakāśinīm | somanātheti yāṃ prāhuḥ prasiddhāṃ liṃgarūpiṇīm

Translation

He attained a mighty and extraordinary spiritual accomplishment—she who reveals the glory of the touch-born Liṅga, and who is renowned in the form of a Liṅga, celebrated by the name “Somanātha.”

Word by Word

• अवाप: obtained
• अवाप: क्रिया (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आप् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; उपसर्ग: अव; (‘obtained’)

• सिद्धिम्: attainment/power
• सिद्धिम्: कर्म (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अति-उग्राम्: exceedingly formidable
• अति-उग्राम्: विशेषण (Qualifier of सिद्धिम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अति (अव्यय-उपसर्ग) + उग्रा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘अत्युग्र’ इति उपसर्गपूर्वक-विशेषण (very fierce)

• स्पर्शलिङ्गप्रकाशिनीम्: that reveals the liṅga by touch
• स्पर्शलिङ्गप्रकाशिनीम्: विशेषण (Qualifier of सिद्धिम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्पर्श + लिङ्ग + प्रकाशिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समास: तत्पुरुष (‘स्पर्शेण लिङ्गं प्रकाशयति’)

• सोमनाथ: Somanātha
• सोमनाथ: नाम (Name element)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम + नाथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-एकवचन (नामरूपे); समास: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (‘सोमस्य नाथः’)

• इति: thus
• इति: सम्बन्धसूचक (Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उद्धरण/इत्यर्थ (quotative particle)

• याम्: which (her/that)
• याम्: कर्म (Object of प्राहुः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun)

• प्राहुः: they call
• प्राहुः: क्रिया (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; (‘they said/call’)

• प्रसिद्धाम्: well-known
• प्रसिद्धाम्: विशेषण (Qualifier of याम्/सिद्धिम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रसिद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• लिङ्गरूपिणीम्: having the form of a liṅga
• लिङ्गरूपिणीम्: विशेषण (Qualifier of याम्/सिद्धिम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लिङ्ग + रूपिणी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समास: तत्पुरुष (‘लिङ्गरूपा’)

Speaker

Unknown (narrative voice within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Somnātha

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Somnātha liṅga enthroned; a divine figure (Candra implied by context) receives an intense, ‘ugra’ siddhi—light bursts from the liṅga, illuminating the shrine; the liṅga is portrayed as the very embodiment of renown, ‘Somnātha’.

Characters & Entities

• Somanātha
• Liṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion to Somanātha—manifest as the sacred Liṅga—bestows powerful spiritual accomplishment and reveals the sanctity of the holy place.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, centered on Somanātha (Somnath) and his famed Liṅga.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is stated here; the verse emphasizes attainment (siddhi) through the sanctity of Somanātha and Liṅga-contact devotion.