Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

अस्मिन्ब्रह्मणि देवेशि संजाते ह्यष्टवार्षिके । तदा कालात्समारभ्य सोमेश इति विश्रुतः

Transliteration

asminbrahmaṇi deveśi saṃjāte hyaṣṭavārṣike | tadā kālātsamārabhya someśa iti viśrutaḥ

Translation

Ô Devī, dans le cycle actuel de la création de Brahmā, lorsque le Seigneur fut reconnu en cette phase, dès lors il devint renommé sous le nom de « Someśa » (Seigneur de Soma) dans le saint Prabhāsa-kṣetra.

Word by Word

• asmin: in this
• asmin: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• brahmaṇi: in/with Brahmā (in this Brahmā-cycle)
• brahmaṇi: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• deveśi: O Lady of the gods
• deveśi: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deveśī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• saṃjāte: when (it is) born/arisen
• saṃjāte: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/अधिकरण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam + jan (धातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृदन्त (भूतकर्मणि/PPP) ‘सञ्जात’; पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (सप्तमी-absolute)

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात; emphasis/causal)

• aṣṭavārṣike: when (he is) eight years old
• aṣṭavārṣike: Adhikarana (Condition/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: aṣṭa (संख्या) + vārṣika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्विगु-समास (aṣṭa-vārṣika = eight-year-old), पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (सप्तमी-absolute)

• tadā: then
• tadā: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक)

• kālāt: from that time
• kālāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• samārabhya: starting from
• samārabhya: Sambandha (Temporal link/अनन्तर)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sam + ā + rabh (धातु)
• Form: अव्यय (क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय/gerund) ‘समारभ्य’ = having begun/starting from

• someśaḥ: Someśa (Lord of Soma)
• someśaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: soma (प्रातिपदिक) + īśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (somasya īśaḥ), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• iti: thus (named)
• iti: Sambandha (Quotation marker/इति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (उद्धरण/quotative particle)

• viśrutaḥ: became renowned
• viśrutaḥ: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi + śru (धातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृदन्त (भूतकर्मणि/PPP) ‘विश्रुत’ = renowned; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Śiva (addressing Pārvatī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Somnātha at Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī/Pārvatī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva’s liṅga at Prabhāsa radiates a cool lunar aura; the word ‘Someśa’ appears as a luminous inscription, with Parvatī receiving the teaching.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Pārvatī
• Brahmā
• Someśa (Somanātha)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Lord’s names are not arbitrary—they reveal His cosmic role and the special sanctity of the kṣetra where He is worshipped.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, the famed Somnāth/Someśvara region celebrated in the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is prescribed in this verse; it focuses on the kṣetra’s theological naming tradition.