Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 120

Devanagari script

अमा सोमेन संयुक्ता कदाचिद्यदि लभ्यते । तस्यां सोमेश्वरं दृष्ट्वा कोटियज्ञफलं लभेत्

Transliteration

amā somena saṃyuktā kadācidyadi labhyate | tasyāṃ someśvaraṃ dṛṣṭvā koṭiyajñaphalaṃ labhet

Translation

Si jamais le jour de nouvelle lune (amāvasyā) coïncide avec Soma (la Lune), alors, en cette occasion, en contemplant Someśvara on obtient le fruit de dix millions de sacrifices (yajña).

Word by Word

• अमा: new-moon day/night
• अमा: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (new-moon night)

• सोमेन: with the Moon (Soma)
• सोमेन: Karana (Instrument/Association)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (instrumental singular)

• संयुक्ता: conjoined
• संयुक्ता: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + युज् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (of ‘अमा’) ‘joined/combined’

• कदाचित्: sometimes
• कदाचित्: Kala-adhikarana (Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कदाचित् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: ‘sometimes/at some time’)

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (Condition marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; शर्तार्थक-निपात (if)

• लभ्यते: is obtained/occurs
• लभ्यते: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान); आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि/भावे-प्रयोग; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; (is obtained/occurs)

• तस्याम्: on that
• तस्याम्: Adhikarana (Location/Time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (locative: ‘on that (night/day)’)

• सोमेश्वरम्: Someśvara (Lord of Soma)
• सोमेश्वरम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (‘सोमस्य ईश्वरः’); (accusative: ‘Someśvara’)

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु) + क्त्वा (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त; (absolutive/gerund) ‘having seen’

• कोटि-यज्ञ-फलम्: the fruit of a crore of sacrifices
• कोटि-यज्ञ-फलम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोटि (प्रातिपदिक) + यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक) + फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष-श्रृङ्खला (‘कोटियज्ञस्य फलम्’); (accusative: ‘fruit of a crore of sacrifices’)

• लभेत्: would obtain
• लभेत्: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकार (optative); आत्मनेपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; (would obtain/should obtain)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Someśvara (Somnātha) at Prabhāsa

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On a dark new-moon night charged with lunar potency, pilgrims behold Someśvara’s liṅga; the temple lamps blaze like stars, suggesting the fruit of countless yajñas.

Characters & Entities

• Amāvāsyā
• Soma (Moon)
• Someśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dharma extols that sacred timing (tithi-yoga) and holy darśana at a tīrtha can equal vast ritual merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Someśvara at Prabhāsa-kṣetra (as presented in the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Seek darśana of Someśvara when a special new-moon conjunction with Soma occurs.