Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 137

Devanagari script

तस्मादुभयतः पुत्र गन्तव्यं नात्र संशयः । दृष्ट्वा सोमेश्वरं देवं गंतव्यं द्वारकां प्रति

Transliteration

tasmādubhayataḥ putra gantavyaṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ | dṛṣṭvā someśvaraṃ devaṃ gaṃtavyaṃ dvārakāṃ prati

Translation

Ainsi donc, mon fils, il faut se rendre aux deux—sans aucun doute. Après avoir contemplé le dieu Someśvara, qu’on se dirige vers Dvārakā.

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore/from that
• तस्मात्: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Ablative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative), एकवचन; कारणार्थे (therefore/from that)

• उभयतः: in both ways/from both sides
• उभयतः: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उभयतः (अव्यय)
• Form: द्विपक्ष/द्विदिशावाचक अव्यय (on both sides/in both ways)

• पुत्र: O son
• पुत्र: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• गन्तव्यम्: should go/must be gone
• गन्तव्यम्: Kriya (Obligation predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: तव्यत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (Gerundive), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विध्यर्थे (must be gone/one should go)

• न: not
• न: Negation
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध (negation particle)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Locative sense)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (here/in this matter)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; ‘न ... संशयः’ = no doubt

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive), धातु: दृश्; अर्थे: पूर्वकर्म (having seen)

• सोमेश्वरम्: Someśvara (Lord of Soma)
• सोमेश्वरम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोमेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; समास: सोमस्य ईश्वरः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• देवम्: the god
• देवम्: Karma (Apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; अप्पोजिशन (सोमेश्वरम्)

• गन्तव्यम्: should go
• गन्तव्यम्: Kriya (Obligation predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: तव्यत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (Gerundive), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विध्यर्थे

• द्वारकाम्: Dvārakā
• द्वारकाम्: Karma (Goal as object with motion)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वारका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• प्रति: towards
• प्रति: Direction marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति (अव्यय)
• Form: उपसर्गसदृश अव्यय/पूर्वसर्ग (preposition), गत्यर्थे (towards)

Speaker

An elder instructor (addressing ‘putra’)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Someśvara (Somanātha) and Dvārakā (paired)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Putra (son/disciple)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A teacher-like figure points along a coastal road: behind, the Somanātha temple spire; ahead, a distant vision of Dvārakā’s gateways and Kṛṣṇa’s flag; pilgrims set out with staffs and waterpots.

Characters & Entities

• Someśvara
• Dvārakā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage is holistic: honoring Śiva at Prabhāsa and then seeking Kṛṣṇa at Dvārakā is urged as the proper path.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Someśvara/Somanātha at Prabhāsa and Dvārakā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A sequential yātrā: first darśana of Someśvara, then travel to Dvārakā.