Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

अथास्य यातकालस्य शर्यातिर्नाम पार्थिवः । तीर्थयात्राप्रसंगेन श्रीसोमेशदिदृक्षया । आजगाम महाक्षेत्रं प्रभासं पापनाशनम्

Transliteration

athāsya yātakālasya śaryātirnāma pārthivaḥ | tīrthayātrāprasaṃgena śrīsomeśadidṛkṣayā | ājagāma mahākṣetraṃ prabhāsaṃ pāpanāśanam

Translation

Puis, le temps passant, le roi nommé Śaryāti vint—à l’occasion d’un pèlerinage—désireux de contempler le glorieux Someśa, jusqu’au grand domaine sacré de Prabhāsa, qui détruit les péchés.

Word by Word

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha/Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय — आरम्भ/sequence particle (then/now)

• अस्य: of him/of this
• अस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन — Genitive Singular (of him/of this)

• यात-कालस्य: of (him) whose time had come
• यात-कालस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यात (कृदन्त, √या) + काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन — Genitive Singular; समासः: तत्पुरुष (यातः कालः यस्य) = ‘whose time had come/passed’

• शर्यातिः: Śaryāti
• शर्यातिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर्याति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — Nominative Singular

• नाम: by name
• नाम: Sambandha/Specifier
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय — नामार्थक/quotative particle (by name)

• पार्थिवः: the king
• पार्थिवः: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — Nominative Singular (king)

• तीर्थ-यात्रा-प्रसंगेन: by/through the occasion of a pilgrimage
• तीर्थ-यात्रा-प्रसंगेन: Karana/Hetu (Instrument/Cause/करण/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक) + यात्रा (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रसंग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन — Instrumental Singular; समासः: तत्पुरुष (तीर्थयात्रायाः प्रसङ्गः)

• श्री-सोमेश-दिदृक्षया: out of the desire to see revered Someśa
• श्री-सोमेश-दिदृक्षया: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री (प्रातिपदिक) + सोमेश (प्रातिपदिक) + दिदृक्षा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन — Instrumental Singular; समासः: तत्पुरुष (श्रीसोमेशस्य दिदृक्षा = seeing-desire)

• आजगाम: came
• आजगाम: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-गम् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/लिट्), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — 3rd person singular (he came)

• महा-क्षेत्रम्: the great sacred region
• महा-क्षेत्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — Accusative Singular; समासः: कर्मधारय (महच्च तत् क्षेत्रम्)

• प्रभासम्: Prabhāsa
• प्रभासम्: Karma (Apposition/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — Accusative Singular

• पाप-नाशनम्: sin-destroying
• पाप-नाशनम्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक) + नाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — Accusative Singular; समासः: तत्पुरुष (पापस्य नाशनम्)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra; Someśa/Someśvara (Somnātha)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: King Śaryāti arrives with retinue on pilgrimage, approaching the vast Prabhāsa sacred field; in the distance rises the shrine of Someśvara, with banners and lamps, and the sea-breeze carries temple sounds.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara (Śiva)
• Śaryāti
• Prabhāsa
• Someśa (Somnātha/Someśvara)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage undertaken with devotion to the deity (darśana of Someśa) is celebrated as a means of purification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Mahākṣetra, explicitly praised as pāpanāśana, and the shrine/deity Someśa (Someśvara/Somnatha).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Tīrthayātrā and deity-darśana are implied as meritorious practices; no detailed procedure is given.