Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 57

Devanagari script

इति ते कथितं सर्वं सोमवारव्रतं क्रमात् । गच्छ शीघ्रं महाभाग यत्र सोमेश्वरः स्थितः

Transliteration

iti te kathitaṃ sarvaṃ somavāravrataṃ kramāt | gaccha śīghraṃ mahābhāga yatra someśvaraḥ sthitaḥ

Translation

ഇങ്ങനെ ക്രമമായി നിനക്ക് തിങ്കളാഴ്ച വ്രതത്തിന്റെ എല്ലാം പറഞ്ഞു. ഹേ മഹാഭാഗ്യവാനേ, സോമേശ്വരൻ വസിക്കുന്നിടത്തേക്ക് വേഗം പോകുക.

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha-bodhaka (Discourse marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; वाक्य-समाप्त्यर्थक/उद्धरणसूचक (quotative/thus)

• te: to you/your
• te: Sambandha (Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन (genitive singular)

• kathitam: has been told
• kathitam: Kriyā (Predicative participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kathita (कृदन्त; √kath (धातु))
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे—'कथितम् (अस्ति)'

• sarvam: all, entire
• sarvam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (kathitam)

• somavāravratam: the Monday vow
• somavāravratam: Karma/Viṣaya (Topic/object of telling)
• Type: Noun
• Root: soma-vāra (प्रातिपदिक) + vrata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (somavārasya vratam); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• kramāt: in order, sequentially
• kramāt: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Manner)
• Type: Noun
• Root: krama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; अव्ययीभावार्थे—'क्रमात्' = 'क्रमेण' (in due order)

• gaccha: go
• gaccha: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative); मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• śīghram: quickly
• śīghram: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: śīghra (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययीभाववत्)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण अव्यय (adverb)

• mahābhāga: O fortunate one
• mahābhāga: Sambodhana (Vocative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + bhāga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय (mahān bhāgaḥ yasya/mahā-bhāgaḥ); पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• yatra: where
• yatra: Adhikaraṇa (Locative marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (relative adverb: where)

• someśvaraḥ: Someśvara (Lord Soma/Śiva)
• someśvaraḥ: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: soma (प्रातिपदिक) + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (somasya īśvaraḥ); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• sthitaḥ: is situated/stands
• sthitaḥ: Kriyā (Predicative participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sthita (कृदन्त; √sthā (धातु))
• Form: भूतकृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तरि—'स्थितः (अस्ति)'

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) (contextual attribution within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Someśvara (at Prabhāsa)

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: mahābhāga (fortunate listener/pilgrim)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A teacher concluding the Somavāra-vrata instruction, gesturing toward the temple path; the fortunate pilgrim sets out swiftly with a small travel bundle, the Someśvara shrine visible ahead near the coast.

Characters & Entities

• Someśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Scriptural teaching culminates in practice: one should proceed to the sacred site and perform worship, not merely hear about it.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Someśvara’s abode in Prabhāsa Kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A sequentially taught Somavāra-vrata, followed by going to Someśvara for worship.