Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 68

Devanagari script

तस्मात्सोमेशनामैवमस्मिंल्लिंगे भविष्यति । यावद्ब्रह्मा शतानन्दः प्रकृतौ न प्रलीयते

Transliteration

tasmātsomeśanāmaivamasmiṃlliṃge bhaviṣyati | yāvadbrahmā śatānandaḥ prakṛtau na pralīyate

Translation

അതുകൊണ്ട് ഈ ലിംഗത്തിൽ ‘സോമേശ്വര’ എന്ന നാമം നിലനിൽക്കും—ശതാനന്ദ ബ്രഹ്മാവ് പ്രകൃതിയിൽ ലയിക്കാത്തതുവരെ.

Word by Word

• tasmāt: therefore, from that (reason)
• tasmāt: Apadana (Cause/Reason/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी (अपादान/हेतु), एकवचन

• someśa-nāma: the name ‘Someśa’
• someśa-nāma: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: soma (प्रातिपदिक) + īśa (प्रातिपदिक) + nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (सोमस्य ईशः) + नाम-सम्बन्धः; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात) — एव = indeed/only

• am: thus, in this manner
• am: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन; (वाक्ये ‘एवम्’ इत्यर्थे)

• asmin: in this
• asmin: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• liṅge: in the liṅga
• liṅge: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• bhaviṣyati: will be
• bhaviṣyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धा॒तु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• yāvat: as long as
• yāvat: Adhikaraṇa (Temporal limit/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yāvat (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (सम्बन्धबोधक) — ‘यावत्’ = as long as

• brahmā: Brahmā
• brahmā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन

• śatānandaḥ: the greatly blissful (epithet of Brahmā)
• śatānandaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śata (प्रातिपदिक) + ānanda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय (शत-आनन्दः = शतगुण-आनन्दयुक्तः); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन

• prakṛtau: in Prakṛti (primordial nature)
• prakṛtau: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prakṛti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निषेध)

• pralīyate: dissolves, is absorbed
• pralīyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√lī (धा॒तु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Soma (Candra), continuing the boon-result narrative

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Someśvara (liṅga) at Prabhāsa

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva proclaims the boon: the Prabhāsa liṅga is consecrated in name as ‘Someśvara’; cosmic imagery shows Brahmā in meditation above prakṛti, indicating the vast duration of the name’s endurance.

Characters & Entities

• Someśvara
• Liṅga
• Brahmā
• Prakṛti

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The tīrtha’s deity-name and presence are declared enduring across cosmic time, presenting Someśvara as a stable refuge amid vast cycles of creation and dissolution.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Someśvara-liṅga at Prabhāsa-kṣetra (as established in this chapter’s Prabhāsa-māhātmya context).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is prescribed; the verse establishes the perpetual name and sanctity of the liṅga.