Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 59

Devanagari script

तत्र सोमेश्वरं दृष्ट्वा आनन्दाश्रुपरिप्लुतः । यात्राक्रमेण संपूज्य चक्रे सोमव्रतं क्रमात्

Transliteration

tatra someśvaraṃ dṛṣṭvā ānandāśrupariplutaḥ | yātrākrameṇa saṃpūjya cakre somavrataṃ kramāt

Translation

Là, en voyant Someśvara, il fut submergé de larmes de joie. Après avoir adoré selon l’ordre du pèlerinage, il accomplit pas à pas le vœu de Soma (du lundi).

Word by Word

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (Locative adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (there)

• someśvaram: Someśvara
• someśvaram: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: soma (प्रातिपदिक) + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष; पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन

• dṛṣṭvā: having seen
• dṛṣṭvā: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛṣṭvā (कृदन्त; √dṛś (धातु))
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); पूर्वकाल (having seen)

• ānandāśrupariplutaḥ: bathed/overwhelmed with tears of joy
• ānandāśrupariplutaḥ: Karta (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ānanda (प्रातिपदिक) + aśru (प्रातिपदिक) + paripluta (कृदन्त; pari-√plu (धातु))
• Form: तत्पुरुष (ānandāt aśrubhiḥ pariplutaḥ / ānanda-aśru-pariplutaḥ); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (saḥ)

• yātrākrameṇa: by the sequence of pilgrimage rites
• yātrākrameṇa: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Manner/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yātrā (प्रातिपदिक) + krama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (yātrāyāḥ kramaḥ; tena); पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया, एकवचन

• saṃpūjya: having worshipped fully
• saṃpūjya: Pūrvakāla-kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: saṃpūjya (कृदन्त; saṃ-√pūj (धातु))
• Form: क्त्वान्त (gerund); पूर्वकाल—'having duly worshipped'

• cakre: performed/did
• cakre: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• somavratam: the Soma vow (Monday vow)
• somavratam: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: soma (प्रातिपदिक) + vrata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन

• kramāt: in due order
• kramāt: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Manner)
• Type: Noun
• Root: krama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी, एकवचन; अव्ययीभावार्थे—'क्रमात्' = 'क्रमेण'

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) (narration within the chapter)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Someśvara (Prabhāsa)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Before the Someśvara liṅga, the Gandharva stands with folded hands, eyes brimming with joyful tears; attendants arrange lamps, bilva leaves, and water vessels as he worships in pilgrimage order and begins the Soma-vrata.

Characters & Entities

• Someśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Darśana awakens devotion, and devotion is completed by orderly worship and disciplined vrata-practice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Someśvara in Prabhāsa Kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Following yātrā-krama (pilgrimage protocol) and performing the Soma/Somavāra vrata sequentially.