Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 66

Devanagari script

अनेकजन्मकोटीभिर्जंतुभिर्यत्कृतं ह्यघम् । तत्सर्वं नाशमायाति श्रीसोमेश्वरपूजनात्

Transliteration

anekajanmakoṭībhirjaṃtubhiryatkṛtaṃ hyagham | tatsarvaṃ nāśamāyāti śrīsomeśvarapūjanāt

Translation

生きとし生けるものが幾千万の生にわたり犯したいかなる罪も——聖なるソーメーシュヴァラ（Śrī Someśvara）への礼拝によって、すべて滅び去る。

Word by Word

• aneka-janma-koṭībhiḥ: by crores of many births
• aneka-janma-koṭībhiḥ: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aneka (प्रातिपदिक) + janman (प्रातिपदिक) + koṭi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (anekāni janmāni; teṣāṃ koṭyaḥ)

• jaṃtubhiḥ: by beings
• jaṃtubhiḥ: Kartr (Agent-instrumental in passive sense/कर्ता-तृतीया)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jantu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• yat: whatever
• yat: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक सर्वनाम

• kṛtam: done
• kṛtam: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु) → kṛta (कृदन्त)
• Form: कृदन्त—क्त, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), निश्चयार्थ (indeed)

• agham: sin
• agham: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: agha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• tat: that
• tat: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• sarvam: all
• sarvam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण

• nāśam: destruction
• nāśam: Gati (Goal/गति)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• āyāti: comes to / reaches
• āyāti: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √yā (धातु) उपसर्ग-आ (ā+yā)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• śrī-someśvara-pūjanāt: from the worship of Śrī Someśvara
• śrī-someśvara-pūjanāt: Hetu (Cause/Reason/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī (प्रातिपदिक) + someśvara (प्रातिपदिक) + pūjana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष; ‘śrī’ उपपद-पूर्वपद

Speaker

Śiva (deduced from immediate Bhairava/Kālāgnirudra self-references in adjacent verses)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śrī Someśvara (Somnātha) at Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A cosmic ledger of countless births appears as fading script; the devotee’s offering at Somnātha turns the pages to ash-like light, while Śiva’s aura expands over Prabhāsa’s shoreline.

Characters & Entities

• Prabhāsa
• Śrī Someśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional worship (pūjā) of Someśvara at Prabhāsa is portrayed as a powerful purifier that destroys accumulated sin over countless lives.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, specifically the shrine of Śrī Someśvara.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śrī Someśvara-pūjā (worship of Lord Someśvara).