Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 66

Devanagari script

आदिसोमेन तत्रैव शंभोर्नेत्रोद्भवेन वै । प्रभासे तु तपस्तप्त्वा प्रत्यक्षीकृतईश्वरः

Transliteration

ādisomena tatraiva śaṃbhornetrodbhavena vai | prabhāse tu tapastaptvā pratyakṣīkṛtaīśvaraḥ

Translation

അവിടെയേ, ശംഭുവിന്റെ നേത്രത്തിൽ നിന്നുദ്ഭവിച്ച ആദി-സോമൻ പ്രഭാസത്തിൽ തപസ്സു ചെയ്ത് ഈശ്വരനെ പ്രത്യക്ഷമാക്കി.

Word by Word

• आदि-सोमेन: by Ādisoma (the primordial Soma)
• आदि-सोमेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदि (प्रातिपदिक) + सोम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (ādiḥ somaḥ); पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (locative adverb)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphasis)

• शम्भोः: of Śambhu (Śiva)
• शम्भोः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शम्भु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• नेत्र-उद्भवेन: by (one) born from (his) eye
• नेत्र-उद्भवेन: Karana (Instrument/Agentive means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नेत्र (प्रातिपदिक) + उद्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (from the eye); पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• प्रभासे: in Prabhāsa
• प्रभासे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तु: and/but
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• तपः: austerity
• तपः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (कर्मरूपेण)

• तप्त्वा: having performed (austerity)
• तप्त्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive)

• प्रत्यक्षीकृत-ईश्वरः: one who has made the Lord manifest / who has realized God directly
• प्रत्यक्षीकृत-ईश्वरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रत्यक्षी-कृ (धातु) → प्रत्यक्षीकृत (कृदन्त) + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुषभाव (ईश्वरः प्रत्यक्षीकृतः यस्य/येन); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Soma (Candra) (narrating a prior sacred history within Prabhāsa-māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Ādi-Soma, radiant and ascetic, performs tapas near the Prabhāsa liṅga; from a blazing third-eye light (Śambhu’s netra) his origin is hinted; Śiva appears directly before him in a burst of ash-white and blue light.

Characters & Entities

• Ādi-Soma
• Śambhu (Śiva)
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra
• Īśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Austerity performed in a mahā-tīrtha culminates in direct divine encounter; Prabhāsa is framed as a place where Śiva grants pratyakṣa-darśana.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, explicitly named as the site of tapas and manifestation.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Tapas (austerity) is highlighted as the means by which Īśvara becomes directly manifest.