Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 75

Devanagari script

सोमवारव्रतकृतः सोमपानरता नराः । सोमप्रभेणयानेन सोमलोकं व्रजंति हि

Transliteration

somavāravratakṛtaḥ somapānaratā narāḥ | somaprabheṇayānena somalokaṃ vrajaṃti hi

Translation

സോമവാരവ്രതം അനുഷ്ഠിച്ച് സോമപാനത്തിൽ രതരായ മനുഷ്യർ, ചന്ദ്രപ്രഭപോലെ ദീപ്തമായ വിമാനത്തിൽ കൊണ്ടുപോകപ്പെടുകയും നിശ്ചയമായി സോമലോകത്തെ പ്രാപിക്കുകയും ചെയ്യുന്നു.

Word by Word

• somavāra-vrata-kṛtaḥ: men who have performed the Monday vow
• somavāra-vrata-kṛtaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: somavāra (प्रातिपदिक) + vrata (प्रातिपदिक) + kṛta (कृ धातु, क्त-कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle) ‘कृत’—‘कृतं यस्य’ इत्यर्थे विशेषणरूपेण

• somapāna-ratāḥ: devoted to drinking soma
• somapāna-ratāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: somapāna (प्रातिपदिक) + rata (रम् धातु, क्त-कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिकवत्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; ‘रत’ विशेषण

• narāḥ: men
• narāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• soma-prabheṇa-yānena: by a vehicle shining with soma-like radiance
• soma-prabheṇa-yānena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: soma (प्रातिपदिक) + prabhā (प्रातिपदिक) + yāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; समासः ‘सोमस्य प्रभा’ इति (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष) + ‘प्रभायुक्तं यानम्’ इति

• soma-lokam: to the Soma-world
• soma-lokam: Gati/Karma (Destination/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: soma (प्रातिपदिक) + loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• vrajanti: go
• vrajanti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vraj (व्रज् धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अव्यय; हेतौ/निश्चये

Speaker

Narrator within Kāśīkhaṇḍa (deduced: Skanda narrating to Agastya)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee observing Monday vow; a radiant moonlike vimāna descends, carrying the vow-keeper upward toward Somaloka, with cool lunar light and white lotuses.

Characters & Entities

• Soma (Candra)
• Somaloka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Vrata-observance (disciplined devotion) yields definite fruit (phala), here expressed as attainment of Somaloka.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader Kāśī context frames the teaching, though the verse itself emphasizes the Somavāra-vrata and Somaloka.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Observe Somavāra-vrata (Monday vow) and engage in Soma-related ritual devotion (somapāna as a traditional sacrificial/nectar motif).