Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

त्वमासीदन्यदेहे तु आभीरी पंचभर्तृका । सौराष्ट्रविषये हीना देवं सोमेश्वरं गता

Transliteration

tvamāsīdanyadehe tu ābhīrī paṃcabhartṛkā | saurāṣṭraviṣaye hīnā devaṃ someśvaraṃ gatā

Translation

Dans une autre existence, tu fus une femme Ābhīrī, ayant cinq époux. Bien que démunie en la contrée de Saurāṣṭra, tu te rendis auprès du Seigneur Someśvara (Somnātha).

Word by Word

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• आसीत्: was
• आसीत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (अनद्यतनभूत/Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• अन्यदेहे: in another body
• अन्यदेहे: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य-देह (प्रातिपदिक); घटक: अन्य + देह
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष; (in another body)

• तु: indeed / but
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (contrast/emphasis)

• आभीरी: an Ābhīrī woman
• आभीरी: Karta (Predicate nominative/कर्ता-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आभीरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; जातिवाचक (an Ābhīrī woman)

• पञ्चभर्तृका: having five husbands
• पञ्चभर्तृका: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्च-भर्तृका (प्रातिपदिक); घटक: पञ्च (संख्या) + भर्तृका (having husbands)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; द्विगु-समास (five-husbanded)

• सौराष्ट्रविषये: in the Saurāṣṭra region
• सौराष्ट्रविषये: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौराष्ट्र-विषय (प्रातिपदिक); घटक: सौराष्ट्र + विषय
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (in the Saurāṣṭra region)

• हीना: deprived / destitute
• हीना: Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्ता-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हीन (प्रातिपदिक; √हा त्यक्ते क्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; (deprived/without)

• देवम्: the god
• देवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• सोमेश्वरम्: Someśvara
• सोमेश्वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम-ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक); घटक: सोम + ईश्वर
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (Lord Soma / Someśvara)

• गता: went / having gone
• गता: Kriya (Resultant state/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (भूतकृदन्त/Past participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; (having gone)

Speaker

Ṛṣi (unnamed narrator within the Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya dialogue)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Someśvara/Somnatha at Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rājñī (queen)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A destitute Ābhīrī woman, modestly dressed, walks toward the coastal Somnātha shrine; the temple silhouette and sea horizon frame her determined pilgrimage.

Characters & Entities

• Saurāṣṭra
• Someśvara
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage to Someśvara at Prabhāsa is accessible to all, and sincere approach to the tīrtha can transform one’s destiny.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Someśvara/Somnātha at Prabhāsa-kṣetra in Saurāṣṭra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly here; the act emphasized is going (seeking refuge) to Someśvara as pilgrimage.