Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

ज्ञात्वा फलं कंकणस्य मुनेस्तस्य प्रभावतः । गत्वा सोमेश्वरं देवं स्नात्वा च लवणांभसि

Transliteration

jñātvā phalaṃ kaṃkaṇasya munestasya prabhāvataḥ | gatvā someśvaraṃ devaṃ snātvā ca lavaṇāṃbhasi

Translation

Ayant connu le fruit de ce bracelet par la puissance des paroles de ce sage, elle se rendit auprès du Seigneur Someśvara et se baigna dans les eaux salées.

Word by Word

• ज्ञात्वा: having known
• ज्ञात्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), धातु: ज्ञा, अर्थे: पूर्वकर्म (having known)

• फलम्: fruit/result
• फलम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (neuter, nominative/accusative singular)

• कंकणस्य: of the bracelet/bangle
• कंकणस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कंकण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी विभक्ति, एकवचन (masculine, genitive singular)

• मुनेः: of the sage
• मुनेः: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी विभक्ति, एकवचन (masculine, genitive singular)

• तस्य: of him/that
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी विभक्ति, एकवचन (pronoun, genitive singular)

• प्रभावतः: due to (its/his) power
• प्रभावतः: Hetu (Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी विभक्ति, एकवचन (masculine, ablative singular)

• गत्वा: having gone
• गत्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), धातु: गम् (गच्छ्), अर्थे: पूर्वकर्म (having gone)

• सोमेश्वरम्: Soma-īśvara (Lord Soma/Śiva)
• सोमेश्वरम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम-ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (masculine, accusative singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: सोमस्य ईश्वरः

• देवम्: the god
• देवम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (masculine, accusative singular)

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), धातु: स्ना, अर्थे: पूर्वकर्म (having bathed)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• लवण-अम्भसि: in salty water (sea-water)
• लवण-अम्भसि: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लवण (प्रातिपदिक) + अम्भस् (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति, एकवचन (neuter, locative singular); कर्मधारय: लवणं च तत् अम्भः (salty water)

Speaker

Ṛṣi (unnamed narrator within the Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya dialogue)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Someśvara (Somnātha) at Prabhāsa; Lavana-ambhas snāna

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The queen journeys to Someśvara; waves and salt spray frame her sea-bath, while the temple spire rises nearby—devotion expressed through purposeful movement and ritual purity.

Characters & Entities

• Someśvara (Somnātha)
• Ocean (lavaṇāmbhas)
• Muni (sage)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Right understanding (from a sage’s guidance) should culminate in practice—pilgrimage, devotion, and purifying snāna.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Someśvara/Somnātha at Prabhāsa-kṣetra, along with the sacred sea-bath.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (bathing) in the salty sea waters in connection with worship of Someśvara.