Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 181

Devanagari script

गोशृंग उवाच । भारते तु महातेजास्तिष्ठत्युदधिसन्निधौ । देवः सोमेश्वरोनाम सर्वदेवनमस्कृतः

Transliteration

gośṛṃga uvāca | bhārate tu mahātejāstiṣṭhatyudadhisannidhau | devaḥ someśvaronāma sarvadevanamaskṛtaḥ

Translation

ഗോശൃംഗൻ പറഞ്ഞു—“ഭാരതത്തിൽ സമുദ്രസന്നിധിയിൽ മഹാതേജസ്സുള്ള ഒരു ദേവൻ വിരാജിക്കുന്നു; ‘സോമേശ്വരൻ’ എന്ന നാമം, സർവദേവന്മാരും നമസ്കരിക്കുന്നവൻ.”

Word by Word

• गोशृंगः: Gośṛṅga (proper name)
• गोशृंगः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोशृंग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; nominative singular masculine; (गोः शृंगम् इव/गो-शृंगः नाम)

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; 3rd person singular perfect

• भारते: in Bhārata (India)
• भारते: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (देशवाचक), सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; locative singular neuter

• तु: indeed, but
• तु: Discourse particle (Nipata/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle: emphasis/contrast)

• महातेजाः: of great splendor
• महातेजाः: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महातेजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; nominative singular masculine; विशेषण of देवः

• तिष्ठति: stands, abides
• तिष्ठति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान/Present), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; 3rd person singular present

• उदधि-सन्निधौ: near the ocean
• उदधि-सन्निधौ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उदधि + सन्निधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; locative singular masculine; (उदधेः सन्निधौ)

• देवः: the god
• देवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; nominative singular masculine

• सोमेश्वरः: Someśvara (Lord of Soma)
• सोमेश्वरः: Karta/Apposition (Subject apposition/कर्ता-समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; nominative singular masculine; (सोमस्य ईश्वरः)

• नाम: by name
• नाम: Discourse particle (Nipata/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; नामार्थक निपात (particle meaning ‘by name’)

• सर्वदेव-नमस्कृतः: saluted by all gods
• सर्वदेव-नमस्कृतः: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + देव + नमस्कृत (कृदन्त; नमस् + कृ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; nominative singular masculine; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle) ‘one who is saluted’; विशेषण of देवः

Speaker

Gośṛṅga (sage)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Somēśvara (Somnātha) at Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Gandharva

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Gośṛṅga points toward a radiant Śiva-liṅga shrine by the sea; devas in the sky offer salutations; the ocean glimmers behind the temple.

Characters & Entities

• Gośṛṅga
• Bhārata
• Ocean (udadhi)
• Someshvara
• All gods (sarvadeva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇa grounds divine grace in sacred geography: the Lord is tangibly present in a tīrtha for the welfare of beings.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Someshvara in Prabhāsa-kṣetra, described as situated near the ocean.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No detailed rite here; it establishes Someshvara’s eminence, leading into worship and vow instructions.