Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 99

Devanagari script

प्रकाश्य वामनो लिगं सोमनाथं स्वयंभुवम् । प्राप्तज्ञानो लब्धवृद्धिर्ययौ द्रष्टुं भवं हरम्

Transliteration

prakāśya vāmano ligaṃ somanāthaṃ svayaṃbhuvam | prāptajñāno labdhavṛddhiryayau draṣṭuṃ bhavaṃ haram

Translation

Après avoir révélé le liṅga né de lui-même de Somnātha, le brāhmaṇa Vāmana—désormais doté de la vraie connaissance et d’un essor spirituel—partit pour contempler Bhava, le Seigneur Hara (Śiva).

Word by Word

• प्रकाश्य: having revealed
• प्रकाश्य: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-काश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभावेन प्रयोगः; धातुः: प्र-काश् (to make manifest)

• वामनः: Vāmana
• वामनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वामन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• लिङ्गम्: liṅga (emblem)
• लिङ्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• सोमनाथम्: Somanātha
• सोमनाथम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोमनाथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समासः: सोमस्य नाथः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• स्वयंभुवम्: self-born, self-manifest
• स्वयंभुवम्: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वयंभू (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifier)

• प्राप्तज्ञानः: one who has attained knowledge
• प्राप्तज्ञानः: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्राप्त-ज्ञान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle) ‘प्राप्त’; समासः: प्राप्तं ज्ञानं यस्य (कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-भाव)

• लब्धवृद्धिः: having obtained increase/prosperity
• लब्धवृद्धिः: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लब्ध-वृद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त ‘लब्ध’; समासः: लब्धा वृद्धिः यस्य (तत्पुरुष-भाव)

• ययौ: went
• ययौ: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• द्रष्टुम्: to see
• द्रष्टुम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (infinitive), अव्ययभावेन प्रयोगः

• भवम्: Bhava (Śiva)
• भवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; शिवनाम

• हरम्: Hara (Śiva)
• हरम्: Karma (Apposition to object/कर्मसमानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; शिवनाम

Speaker

Narrative voice (continuation of the Somnātha episode)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Somnātha svayaṃbhu-liṅga (Someśvara)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis (frame implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The brāhmaṇa Vāmana unveils or ‘brings to light’ a self-born Somnātha liṅga—emerging from earth/stone with radiance; Vāmana’s face shows serene realization as he sets out toward a vision of Bhava (Śiva).

Characters & Entities

• Vāmana
• Somnātha
• Svayambhū Liṅga
• Bhava
• Hara/Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Revealing and honoring the svayambhū liṅga leads to jñāna and inner uplift, culminating in the aspiration for direct Śiva-darśana.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Somnātha (Someśvara) at Prabhāsa, within the Vastrāpatha Kṣetra tradition.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicit is liṅga-prakāśana and devotion; no explicit vrata/dāna/snānā is stated in this verse.