Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 58

Devanagari script

ये केचिद्भवितारो वा अतीता ये निशाकराः । तेषां सोमान्वयानां च सर्वेषामाद्यदैवतम्

Transliteration

ye kecidbhavitāro vā atītā ye niśākarāḥ | teṣāṃ somānvayānāṃ ca sarveṣāmādyadaivatam

Translation

Qu’il s’agisse des Lunes à venir ou des Lunes déjà passées—pour tous ceux qui appartiennent à la lignée de Soma, ce Somēśvara est la divinité primordiale, l’Adideva de tous.

Word by Word

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun)

• केचित्: some
• केचित्: Karta (Subject apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् + चित् (सर्वनाम + निपात)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; अनिश्चितवाचक (indefinite)

• भवितारः: future ones, those to be
• भवितारः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• वा: or
• वा: Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विकल्पार्थक-निपात (disjunctive particle)

• अतीताः: past, gone by
• अतीताः: Karta-viśeṣaṇa (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अतीत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √इ + अति, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle)

• ये: who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सम्बन्धक

• निशाकराः: moon-bearers; moons
• निशाकराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निशा + कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• सोमान्वयानाम्: of the Soma lineage
• सोमान्वयानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम + अन्वय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

• सर्वेषाम्: of all
• सर्वेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• आद्यदैवतम्: the primordial deity
• आद्यदैवतम्: Karta (Predicate nominative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आद्य + दैवत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Brahmā

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Somēśvara (Somnātha)

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A cosmic tableau: multiple crescent moons representing past and future generations orbit or bow toward Somēśvara, the primordial deity; the temple liṅga radiates steady light as time cycles around it.

Characters & Entities

• Soma lineage (somānvaya)
• niśākara (moon)
• Somēśvara (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

All cycles of time and lineage are rooted in the divine; Śiva as Somēśvara is presented as the foundational refuge for Soma’s line.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra by exalting Somēśvara, the central deity associated with the site’s fame.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription; it establishes theological primacy that supports the importance of Somēśvara worship and consecration.