Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 68

Devanagari script

सोमनाथस्य सान्निध्य उदयन्तो गिरिर्महान् । तस्य पश्चिमभागे तु रैवतक इति स्मृतः

Transliteration

somanāthasya sānnidhya udayanto girirmahān | tasya paścimabhāge tu raivataka iti smṛtaḥ

Translation

Près de Somanātha se dresse la grande montagne nommée Udayanta. Sur son versant occidental se trouve celle dont on se souvient sous le nom de Raivataka.

Word by Word

• सोमनाथस्य: of Somanātha
• सोमनाथस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोमनाथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे षष्ठी (6th) एकवचनम्

• सान्निध्ये: in the vicinity/presence
• सान्निध्ये: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सान्निध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे सप्तमी (7th) एकवचनम् (locative)

• उदयन्: rising
• उदयन्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद् + इ (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्तः (present active participle); पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम्

• गिरिः: mountain
• गिरिः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा (1st) एकवचनम्

• महान्: great
• महान्: Sambandha (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (qualifying गिरिः)

• तस्य: of it/of that (mountain)
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे षष्ठी (6th) एकवचनम्

• पश्चिमभागे: in the western part
• पश्चिमभागे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पश्चिमभाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे सप्तमी (7th) एकवचनम्; तत्पुरुषः (पश्चिमः भागः)

• तु: but, indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपातः (contrastive particle)

• रैवतकः: Raivataka (name)
• रैवतकः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रैवतक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा (1st) एकवचनम्; नाम (proper name)

• इति: thus, as
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरणसूचक-अव्ययम् (quotative)

• स्मृतः: is called/known
• स्मृतः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्मृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्तः (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम्

Speaker

Bhadra

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Somanātha-kṣetra (with Udayanta and Raivataka landmarks)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Parapuraṃjaya (interlocutor)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A coastal Somanātha shrine with a great mountain rising nearby labeled Udayanta; to the west, another ridge labeled Raivataka—pilgrims traverse the landscape with flags and waterpots.

Characters & Entities

• Somanātha
• Udayanta (mountain)
• Raivataka (mountain)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Puranic tīrthas are anchored in identifiable landscapes; mountains and directions serve as sacred coordinates for pilgrimage.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Somanātha/Prabhāsa region, with Udayanta and Raivataka as key geographical markers.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a topographical description supporting the māhātmya.