Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 137

Devanagari script

तस्मादुभयतः पुत्र गन्तव्यं नात्र संशयः । दृष्ट्वा सोमेश्वरं देवं गंतव्यं द्वारकां प्रति

Transliteration

tasmādubhayataḥ putra gantavyaṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ | dṛṣṭvā someśvaraṃ devaṃ gaṃtavyaṃ dvārakāṃ prati

Translation

അതുകൊണ്ട്, മകനേ, ഇരുവിടത്തേക്കും പോകേണ്ടതുതന്നെ—ഇതിൽ സംശയമില്ല. സോമേശ്വരദേവനെ ദർശിച്ച് ദ്വാരകയിലേക്കു പോകണം.

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore/from that
• तस्मात्: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Ablative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative), एकवचन; कारणार्थे (therefore/from that)

• उभयतः: in both ways/from both sides
• उभयतः: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उभयतः (अव्यय)
• Form: द्विपक्ष/द्विदिशावाचक अव्यय (on both sides/in both ways)

• पुत्र: O son
• पुत्र: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• गन्तव्यम्: should go/must be gone
• गन्तव्यम्: Kriya (Obligation predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: तव्यत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (Gerundive), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विध्यर्थे (must be gone/one should go)

• न: not
• न: Negation
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध (negation particle)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Locative sense)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (here/in this matter)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; ‘न ... संशयः’ = no doubt

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive), धातु: दृश्; अर्थे: पूर्वकर्म (having seen)

• सोमेश्वरम्: Someśvara (Lord of Soma)
• सोमेश्वरम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोमेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; समास: सोमस्य ईश्वरः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• देवम्: the god
• देवम्: Karma (Apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; अप्पोजिशन (सोमेश्वरम्)

• गन्तव्यम्: should go
• गन्तव्यम्: Kriya (Obligation predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: तव्यत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (Gerundive), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विध्यर्थे

• द्वारकाम्: Dvārakā
• द्वारकाम्: Karma (Goal as object with motion)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वारका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• प्रति: towards
• प्रति: Direction marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति (अव्यय)
• Form: उपसर्गसदृश अव्यय/पूर्वसर्ग (preposition), गत्यर्थे (towards)

Speaker

An elder instructor (addressing ‘putra’)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Someśvara (Somanātha) and Dvārakā (paired)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Putra (son/disciple)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A teacher-like figure points along a coastal road: behind, the Somanātha temple spire; ahead, a distant vision of Dvārakā’s gateways and Kṛṣṇa’s flag; pilgrims set out with staffs and waterpots.

Characters & Entities

• Someśvara
• Dvārakā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage is holistic: honoring Śiva at Prabhāsa and then seeking Kṛṣṇa at Dvārakā is urged as the proper path.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Someśvara/Somanātha at Prabhāsa and Dvārakā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A sequential yātrā: first darśana of Someśvara, then travel to Dvārakā.