Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 103

Devanagari script

एवं प्रकुर्वतस्तस्य वर्षाणि नवसप्ततिः । गतानि किल राजेन्द्र शिवभक्तिं प्रकुर्वतः

Transliteration

evaṃ prakurvatastasya varṣāṇi navasaptatiḥ | gatāni kila rājendra śivabhaktiṃ prakurvataḥ

Translation

Ainsi, ô le meilleur des rois, tandis qu’il persévérait de la sorte—pratiquant la bhakti envers Śiva—on dit que soixante-dix-neuf années s’écoulèrent.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (indeclinable adverb: ‘thus’)

• प्रकुर्वतः: of (him) who was performing
• प्रकुर्वतः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + कृ (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ-प्रत्यय, present active participle); पुंलिङ्गे षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; ‘doing/performing’

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्गे षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन (genitive singular)

• वर्षाणि: years
• वर्षाणि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/प्रथमा or 2nd/द्वितीया), बहुवचन

• नवसप्ततिः: seventy-nine
• नवसप्ततिः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नव + सप्तति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्यावाचक द्विगु-समास; स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• गतानि: elapsed
• गतानि: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय, past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; ‘gone/elapsed’

• किल: indeed/it is said
• किल: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: किल (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle indicating report/indeed)

• राजेन्द्र: O king of kings
• राजेन्द्र: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् + इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास; पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• शिवभक्तिम्: devotion to Śiva
• शिवभक्तिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव + भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास; स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• प्रकुर्वतः: of (him) who was performing
• प्रकुर्वतः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + कृ (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ-प्रत्यय); पुंलिङ्गे षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; पूर्वपद-सम्बन्धः ‘while doing’

Speaker

Narrator within Dvārakā Māhātmya (contextual purāṇic narrator addressing a king)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Somnātha/Prabhāsa (implied)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (rājendra)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A time-lapse style narrative: the same devotee returning year after year, hair greying, yet unwavering before the liṅga; the king is told that seventy-nine years passed in such devotion.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is validated by consistency: enduring devotion over many years is portrayed as spiritually potent.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse continues the chapter’s Śiva-tīrtha context (not naming a new site), reinforcing the ongoing Somanātha-centered devotion.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new rite is added; it underscores sustained śiva-bhakti and continued pilgrimage practice.