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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

शुक्लपक्षे चतुर्दश्यां सर्वलोकहितार्थतः । सप्तकृत्वो महादेवं सोमेशं कपिलेश्वरम् । यः पश्येत्प्रयतो भूत्वा स गोदानफलं लभेत्

Transliteration

śuklapakṣe caturdaśyāṃ sarvalokahitārthataḥ | saptakṛtvo mahādevaṃ someśaṃ kapileśvaram | yaḥ paśyetprayato bhūtvā sa godānaphalaṃ labhet

Translation

白分（シュクラ・パクシャ）の十四日、あらゆる世界の利益のために、身を慎み心を整えて、マハーデーヴァ—ソーメーシャ、カピレーシュヴァラ—を七度拝する者は、牛を施すに等しい功徳を得る。

Word by Word
शुक्लपक्षेin the bright fortnight
शुक्लपक्षे:
Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootशुक्लपक्ष (प्रातिपदिक: शुक्ल + पक्ष)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Locative, Singular)
चतुर्दश्याम्on the fourteenth lunar day
चतुर्दश्याम्:
Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootचतुर्दशी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Feminine, Locative, Singular)
सर्वलोकहितार्थतःfor the welfare of all worlds
सर्वलोकहितार्थतः:
Hetu/Purpose (हेतु/प्रयोजन)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसर्वलोकहितार्थ (प्रातिपदिक: सर्व + लोक + हित + अर्थ)
Formतसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त-अव्यय (ablatival adverb in -तः); हेतु/उद्देश्यवाचक (for the sake of)
सप्तकृत्वःseven times
सप्तकृत्वः:
Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसप्तकृत्वस् (प्रातिपदिक: सप्त + कृत्वस्)
Formअव्यय; संख्यावाचक-आवृत्तिवाचक (adverb of frequency)
महादेवम्Mahādeva (Śiva)
महादेवम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootमहादेव (प्रातिपदिक: महा + देव)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Accusative, Singular)
सोमेशम्Someśa (Lord of Soma)
सोमेशम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootसोमेश (प्रातिपदिक: सोम + ईश)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Accusative, Singular)
कपिलेश्वरम्Kapileśvara
कपिलेश्वरम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootकपिलेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक: कपिल + ईश्वर)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Accusative, Singular)
यःwho (whoever)
यः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Pronoun; Masculine, Nominative, Singular)
पश्येत्should see
पश्येत्:
Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootदृश् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (Optative, Parasmaipada, 3rd person, Singular)
प्रयतःself-restrained, purified
प्रयतः:
Karta-visheshana (Agent qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रयत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (Masculine, Nominative, Singular; adjective)
भूत्वाhaving become
भूत्वा:
Kriya (Non-finite verb/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootभू (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund); धातु: भू (to become)
सःhe
सः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Pronoun; Masculine, Nominative, Singular)
गोदानफलम्the fruit of gifting a cow
गोदानफलम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootगोदानफल (प्रातिपदिक: गो + दान + फल)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular)
लभेत्would obtain
लभेत्:
Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootलभ् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (Optative, Atmanepada, 3rd person, Singular)
Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kapileśvara (within Prabhāsa-kṣetra); Someśa/Somnātha darśana

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī/Pārvatī (implied by adjacent verses’ address style)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A disciplined pilgrim at Prabhāsa on bright fortnight caturdaśī, moving in a sevenfold circuit between two Śiva shrines—Someśa and Kapileśvara—offering water, bilva leaves, and prostrations, with the sea-breeze and temple flags in the background.

Characters & Entities
K
Kapileśvara
M
Mahādeva
S
Someśa
Ś
Śukla-caturdaśī
P
Prabhāsa Kṣetra

FAQs

Time (tithi) + disciplined darśana at a tīrtha multiplies merit and channels it toward universal welfare.

Kapileśvara (also called Someśa/Mahādeva) in Prabhāsa Kṣetra.

On bright-fortnight caturdaśī, perform disciplined darśana of Kapileśvara seven times to gain godāna-equivalent merit.

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