Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 139

Devanagari script

तेन दृष्टं वरारोहे ज्योतिर्लिंगं महाप्रभम् । सोमवारव्रतं दिव्यं येन चीर्णं तु संश्रये

Transliteration

tena dṛṣṭaṃ varārohe jyotirliṃgaṃ mahāprabham | somavāravrataṃ divyaṃ yena cīrṇaṃ tu saṃśraye

Translation

ഹേ വരാരോഹേ! അവനാൽ തന്നെയാണ് മഹാപ്രഭമായ ജ്യോതിര്ലിംഗം ദർശിക്കപ്പെട്ടത്; അവനാൽ തന്നെയാണ് ദിവ്യമായ തിങ്കളാഴ്ച വ്രതം വിധിപൂർവ്വം ആചരിക്കപ്പെട്ടത്—ഇത് ഞാൻ ഉറപ്പോടെ പറയുന്നു।

Word by Word

• तेन: by him
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• दृष्टम्: seen
• दृष्टम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु) + त (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• वरारोहे: O fair-limbed lady
• वरारोहे: Sambodhana (Vocative/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर + आरोह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय: वरम् आरोहः यस्याः (O fair-hipped one)

• ज्योतिः: light, radiance
• ज्योतिः: Samasa-purvapada (Compound member/समासपद)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्योतिस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (समासपूर्वपदत्वे)

• लिङ्गम्: liṅga (emblem) of light
• लिङ्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ज्योतिषः लिङ्गम्

• महाप्रभम्: of great splendor
• महाप्रभम्: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा + प्रभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय: महान् प्रभः यस्य

• सोमवारव्रतम्: the Monday vow
• सोमवारव्रतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोमवार + व्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: सोमवारस्य व्रतम्

• दिव्यम्: divine
• दिव्यम्: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• येन: by which
• येन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्धक

• चीर्णम्: performed, observed
• चीर्णम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: चर् (धातु) + क्त (कृत् प्रत्यय; irregular stem चीर्ण)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; 'observed/performed'

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात

• संश्रये: I take refuge (in), I resort to
• संश्रये: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + श्रि (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), उत्तम-पुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

Speaker

Unnamed narrator addressing a देवी-like interlocutor (speaker not explicit in this verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Somnātha (Prabhāsa)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A addressed female interlocutor (varārohe/sundarī/devī across the passage)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee stands before a radiant Jyotirliṅga, the sanctum glowing; Monday-vrata symbols—crescent moon, bilva leaves, water-pot—frame the scene as a vow fulfilled.

Characters & Entities

• Jyotirliṅga
• Somavāravrata

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva is approached through both darśana (vision of the liṅga) and disciplined vrata; devotion becomes complete when worship is joined to observance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A Jyotirliṅga is praised; within this Prabhāsa-context it supports the sacred landscape where Śiva’s radiance is directly encountered.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Somavāravrata—religious observance performed on Mondays in devotion to Śiva.