Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

ईश्वर उवाच । आदित्येशं समभ्यर्च्य पुनः सोमेश्वरं व्रजेत् । तं संपूज्य विधानेन पंचांगेन विशेषतः

Transliteration

īśvara uvāca | ādityeśaṃ samabhyarcya punaḥ someśvaraṃ vrajet | taṃ saṃpūjya vidhānena paṃcāṃgena viśeṣataḥ

Translation

Īśvara dit : Après avoir honoré comme il se doit Ādityeśa, qu’on se rende ensuite auprès de Someśvara. L’ayant vénéré pleinement selon le rite prescrit—tout particulièrement par la méthode en cinq parties—

Word by Word

• īśvaraḥ: Īśvara
• īśvaraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; वक्ता (speaker)

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/परोक्षभूत), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• ādityeśam: Ādityeśa
• ādityeśam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āditya + īśa (प्रातिपदिक; आदित्य-ईश-)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्म (object of worship)

• samabhyarcya: having duly worshipped
• samabhyarcya: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-abh-arc (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्यय; पूर्वक्रिया (having worshipped)

• punaḥ: again/then
• punaḥ: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb/क्रियाविशेषण)

• someśvaram: Someśvara
• someśvaram: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: soma + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक; सोम-ईश्वर-)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; गन्तव्य-कर्म (object of going)

• vrajet: should go
• vrajet: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vraj (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/विधि), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• tam: him/that (deity)
• tam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम; कर्म (refers to Someśvara)

• saṃpūjya: having worshipped
• saṃpūjya: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-pūj (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्यय; पूर्वक्रिया

• vidhānena: according to the prescribed rite
• vidhānena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vidhāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; करणम् (means/manner)

• paṃcāṃgena: with the fivefold (method)
• paṃcāṃgena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pañca + aṅga (प्रातिपदिक; पञ्च-अङ्ग-)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; करणम् (with five limbs/parts)

• viśeṣataḥ: especially
• viśeṣataḥ: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: viśeṣatas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb/क्रियाविशेषण)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Someśvara (within Prabhāsa-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Īśvara instructs the pilgrimage order; devotees walk from the Ādityeśa shrine to Someśvara carrying flowers and water-pots; at Someśvara they perform a fivefold worship with lamps and offerings.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara
• Ādityeśa
• Someśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage is taught as an ordered sacred itinerary—worship leading to further worship—guided by ritual correctness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Someśvara in Prabhāsa Kṣetra, approached after Ādityeśvara as part of the kṣetra-circuit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

After worshiping Ādityeśa, one should proceed to Someśvara and worship by vidhāna, especially via a pañcāṅga (fivefold) mode.