Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 59

Devanagari script

योऽसौ सोमेश्वरो देव आदौ भैरवनामभृत् । मन्वन्तरान्तरेऽतीते प्रतिष्ठेऽहं पुनःपुनः

Transliteration

yo'sau someśvaro deva ādau bhairavanāmabhṛt | manvantarāntare'tīte pratiṣṭhe'haṃ punaḥpunaḥ

Translation

એ જ દેવ સોમેશ્વર, જેણે આદિમાં ‘ભૈરવ’ નામ ધારણ કર્યું હતું—દરેક મન્વંતર પૂર્ણ થતાં હું તેને વારંવાર પ્રતિષ્ઠિત કરું છું।

Word by Word

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्धक

• असौ: that (very one)
• असौ: Karta (Subject apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: असद्/अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; निर्देशक (demonstrative)

• सोमेश्वरः: Someśvara
• सोमेश्वरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• देव: O god
• देव: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• आदौ: in the beginning
• आदौ: Kāla/Deśa-adhikaraṇa (Temporal setting)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी-एकवचनरूपेण अव्ययीभूत (locative used adverbially)

• भैरवनाम: the name ‘Bhairava’
• भैरवनाम: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भैरव + नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (नाम)

• अभृत्: bore, held
• अभृत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भृ (धातु)
• Form: लुङ्-लकार (Aorist), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• मन्वन्तरान्तरे: in another manvantara
• मन्वन्तरान्तरे: Adhikarana (Location/Time locus)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्वन्तर + अन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अतीते: when (it) had passed
• अतीते: Adhikarana-viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अतीत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying मन्वन्तरान्तरे)

• प्रतिष्ठे: at the consecration
• प्रतिष्ठे: Adhikarana (Occasion/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रतिष्ठा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• पुनःपुनः: again and again
• पुनःपुनः: Kriya-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनःपुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरुक्त-क्रियाविशेषण (reduplicated adverb)

Speaker

Brahmā

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Somēśvara/Somnātha)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nishānātha (epithet used for the addressee; likely Soma addressing a ‘Lord of Night’ epithet contextually, but the passage reads as direct address within the dialogue)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A cosmic consecration: Somēśvara once named Bhairava, repeatedly installed at the close of each manvantara; devas witnessing the re-emergence of the liṅga in Prabhāsa.

Characters & Entities

• Somēśvara
• Bhairava
• Manvantara
• Brahmā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The sacred presence is timeless across cosmic cycles; consecration renews the living connection between devotees and the deity in every age.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra via the exaltation of Somēśvara, linked to ancient Bhairava identity and recurring cosmic renewal.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Repeated pratiṣṭhā (re-establishment/consecration) of Somēśvara at cosmic transitions (Manvantara intervals).