Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

वारे सोमस्य चाष्टम्यां यस्तं पूजयते नरः । स लभेद्वांछितान्कामान्मुक्तः स्यात्पातकेन हि

Transliteration

vāre somasya cāṣṭamyāṃ yastaṃ pūjayate naraḥ | sa labhedvāṃchitānkāmānmuktaḥ syātpātakena hi

Translation

സോമവാരത്തിലും അഷ്ടമി തിഥിയിലും ആരെങ്കിലും അദ്ദേഹത്തെ പൂജിച്ചാൽ, അവൻ അഭിലഷിതകാമങ്ങൾ പ്രാപിക്കുകയും നിശ്ചയമായി പാപത്തിൽ നിന്ന് വിമുക്തനാകുകയും ചെയ്യും.

Word by Word

• वारे: on the day (weekday)
• वारे: Adhikarana (Location/Time locus)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• सोमस्य: of Soma; of Monday
• सोमस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• अष्टम्याम्: on the eighth lunar day (aṣṭamī)
• अष्टम्याम्: Adhikarana (Time locus)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अष्टमी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karman (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• पूजयते: worships
• पूजयते: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject; apposition to यः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• लभेत्: would obtain
• लभेत्: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• वाञ्छितान्: desired
• वाञ्छितान्: Karman (Qualifier of object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वाञ्छित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; वाञ्छ् धातोः क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifier)

• कामान्: wishes; desires
• कामान्: Karman (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन

• मुक्तः: freed
• मुक्तः: Karta (Predicate to subject सः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मुक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; मुच् धातोः क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (predicate adjective)

• स्यात्: would be
• स्यात्: Kriya (Copula)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• पातकेन: from sin; by sin (as cause to be freed from)
• पातकेन: Hetu/Instrument (Cause/means; with मुक्ति)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पातक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; emphasis/indeed)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ghaṇṭeśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee worships Ghaṇṭeśvara on Somavāra/Aṣṭamī: moon motif (Soma) in the sky, temple bell prominent, offerings arranged; priest performs abhiṣeka; the devotee’s face shows hope and repentance.

Characters & Entities

• Ghaṇṭeśvara
• Soma (Monday)
• Aṣṭamī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Proper timing (vāra/tithi) joined with worship is taught to intensify both worldly fulfillment and spiritual purification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ghaṇṭeśvara shrine in Prabhāsakṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform pūjā on Somavāra (Monday) and on Aṣṭamī (8th lunar day).