Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

युधिष्ठिर उवाच । सोमनाथप्रभावं मे संक्षेपात्कथय प्रभो । दुःखार्णवनिमग्नानां त्राता प्राप्तो द्विजोत्तम

Transliteration

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | somanāthaprabhāvaṃ me saṃkṣepātkathaya prabho | duḥkhārṇavanimagnānāṃ trātā prāpto dvijottama

Translation

ಯುಧಿಷ್ಠಿರನು ಹೇಳಿದರು—ಪ್ರಭೋ, ಸೋಮನಾಥನ ಪ್ರಭಾವವನ್ನು ನನಗೆ ಸಂಕ್ಷೇಪವಾಗಿ ಹೇಳು. ದ್ವಿಜೋತ್ತಮ, ದುಃಖಸಾಗರದಲ್ಲಿ ಮುಳುಗಿದವರಿಗೆ ತ್ರಾತನಾಗಿ ನೀನು ಬಂದಿರುವೆ.

Word by Word

• युधिष्ठिरः: Yudhiṣṭhira
• युधिष्ठिरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सोमनाथप्रभावम्: the greatness/power of Somanātha
• सोमनाथप्रभावम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोमनाथ + प्रभाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (Somanāthasya prabhāvaḥ); पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• मे: to me/of me
• मे: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• संक्षेपात्: briefly/in brief
• संक्षेपात्: Hetu/Prakāra (Manner/Reason adjunct)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संक्षेप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; प्रकारवाचक

• कथय: tell
• कथय: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथ् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• प्रभो: O Lord
• प्रभो: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• दुःखार्णव: ocean of sorrow
• दुःखार्णव: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुःख + अर्णव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (duḥkhasya arṇavaḥ = ocean of sorrow); पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-बहुवचन-समासपूर्वपदत्वेन

• निमग्नानाम्: of those sunk (in)
• निमग्नानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नि + मज्ज् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP/क्त) ‘nimagna’; पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन; विशेषण

• दुःखार्णवनिमग्नानाम्: of those immersed in the ocean of sorrow
• दुःखार्णवनिमग्नानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुःखार्णव + निमग्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-बहुवचन; समस्तपद (those who are sunk in the ocean of sorrow)

• त्राता: a savior
• त्राता: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate noun)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तृ (धातु) + तृच् (कृदन्त)
• Form: कर्तरि कृदन्त (Agent noun/तृच्), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• प्राप्तः: has been obtained/has come
• प्राप्तः: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र + आप् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP/क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• द्विजोत्तम: O best of the twice-born
• द्विजोत्तम: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज + उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय (best among द्विज); पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

Speaker

Yudhiṣṭhira

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Somanātha (requested prabhāva)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mārkaṇḍeya (addressed as dvijottama)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Yudhiṣṭhira, solemn and earnest, addresses a venerable brāhmaṇa-sage, requesting the condensed greatness of Somanātha for the afflicted.

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Somanātha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Approaching a knower of dharma and hearing a tīrtha’s greatness is itself a path of relief from sorrow and spiritual uplift.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Somanātha—invoked here as a sacred locus of Śiva’s greatness within the Revā Khaṇḍa narrative frame.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is prescribed in this verse; it sets up the act of listening (śravaṇa) to the mahātmya.