Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

यस्मिन्नहनि पश्येत देवं सोमेश्वरं नरः । सा तिथिर्वर्षमेकं तु उपोष्या भक्तितत्परैः

Transliteration

yasminnahani paśyeta devaṃ someśvaraṃ naraḥ | sā tithirvarṣamekaṃ tu upoṣyā bhaktitatparaiḥ

Translation

ວັນໃດກໍຕາມທີ່ຊາຍຄົນໜຶ່ງໄດ້ເຫັນພຣະເທວະໂສເມສະວະຣະ, ຕິຖີໃນວັນນັ້ນຄວນຖືອຸປະວາສຕະຫຼອດໜຶ່ງປີ ໂດຍຜູ້ມຸ່ງໝັ້ນໃນພັກຕິ.

Word by Word

• yasmin: on which
• yasmin: Adhikaraṇa (Time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (यद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (अहनि इत्यस्य विशेषण)

• ahani: day
• ahani: Adhikaraṇa (Time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ahan (अहन् प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• paśyet: should see/behold
• paśyet: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (दृश् धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• devam: the god/Lord
• devam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (देव प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• someśvaram: Someshvara (Lord Soma)
• someśvaram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: soma (सोम) + īśvara (ईश्वर)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (सोमस्य ईश्वरः); पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• naraḥ: a man/person
• naraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (नर प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• sā: that
• sā: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (तिथिः इत्यस्य विशेषण)

• tithiḥ: lunar day (tithi)
• tithiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tithi (तिथि प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• varṣam: for a year
• varṣam: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Duration)
• Type: Noun
• Root: varṣa (वर्ष प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (कालपरिमाण)

• ekam: one
• ekam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: eka (एक प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (वर्षम् विशेषयति)

• tu: indeed/but
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अवधारण/विरोधसूचक (particle)

• upoṣyā: should be observed with fasting
• upoṣyā: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: upa-vas (उपवस् धातु)
• Form: तव्यत्/य-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (gerundive), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (तिथिः इत्यस्य विधेय) — 'to be fasted (on)'

• bhaktitatparaiḥ: by those devoted to devotion
• bhaktitatparaiḥ: Karaṇa (Instrument/Agentive means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakti (भक्ति) + tatpara (तत्पर)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (भक्तौ तत्पराः); पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), बहुवचन

Speaker

Śiva (deduced from Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya dialogue context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Someśvara (Somnātha) at Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim stands before the Someśvara liṅga, hands folded; a scribe or companion marks the lunar tithi; a calendar motif appears, showing the devotee fasting on the same tithi across the months.

Characters & Entities

• Someśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Darśana of Someśvara is so meritorious that it should be commemorated through sustained devotional discipline (vrata) rather than treated as a one-time event.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, centered on the worship and darśana of Someśvara (Somnātha).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

To observe a fast (upoṣa/upavāsa) on the same tithi of the Someśvara darśana, continuing for one year with devotion.