Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

अथास्य यातकालस्य शर्यातिर्नाम पार्थिवः । तीर्थयात्राप्रसंगेन श्रीसोमेशदिदृक्षया । आजगाम महाक्षेत्रं प्रभासं पापनाशनम्

Transliteration

athāsya yātakālasya śaryātirnāma pārthivaḥ | tīrthayātrāprasaṃgena śrīsomeśadidṛkṣayā | ājagāma mahākṣetraṃ prabhāsaṃ pāpanāśanam

Translation

പിന്നീട് കാലം കഴിഞ്ഞപ്പോൾ ശർയാതി എന്ന രാജാവ് തീർത്ഥയാത്രയുടെ അവസരത്തിൽ, ശ്രീ സോമേശനെ ദർശിക്കുവാൻ ആഗ്രഹിച്ച്, പാപനാശകമായ മഹാക്ഷേത്രം പ്രഭാസത്തിലേക്ക് വന്നു।

Word by Word

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha/Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय — आरम्भ/sequence particle (then/now)

• अस्य: of him/of this
• अस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन — Genitive Singular (of him/of this)

• यात-कालस्य: of (him) whose time had come
• यात-कालस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यात (कृदन्त, √या) + काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन — Genitive Singular; समासः: तत्पुरुष (यातः कालः यस्य) = ‘whose time had come/passed’

• शर्यातिः: Śaryāti
• शर्यातिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर्याति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — Nominative Singular

• नाम: by name
• नाम: Sambandha/Specifier
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय — नामार्थक/quotative particle (by name)

• पार्थिवः: the king
• पार्थिवः: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — Nominative Singular (king)

• तीर्थ-यात्रा-प्रसंगेन: by/through the occasion of a pilgrimage
• तीर्थ-यात्रा-प्रसंगेन: Karana/Hetu (Instrument/Cause/करण/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक) + यात्रा (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रसंग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन — Instrumental Singular; समासः: तत्पुरुष (तीर्थयात्रायाः प्रसङ्गः)

• श्री-सोमेश-दिदृक्षया: out of the desire to see revered Someśa
• श्री-सोमेश-दिदृक्षया: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री (प्रातिपदिक) + सोमेश (प्रातिपदिक) + दिदृक्षा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन — Instrumental Singular; समासः: तत्पुरुष (श्रीसोमेशस्य दिदृक्षा = seeing-desire)

• आजगाम: came
• आजगाम: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-गम् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/लिट्), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — 3rd person singular (he came)

• महा-क्षेत्रम्: the great sacred region
• महा-क्षेत्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — Accusative Singular; समासः: कर्मधारय (महच्च तत् क्षेत्रम्)

• प्रभासम्: Prabhāsa
• प्रभासम्: Karma (Apposition/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — Accusative Singular

• पाप-नाशनम्: sin-destroying
• पाप-नाशनम्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक) + नाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — Accusative Singular; समासः: तत्पुरुष (पापस्य नाशनम्)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra; Someśa/Someśvara (Somnātha)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: King Śaryāti arrives with retinue on pilgrimage, approaching the vast Prabhāsa sacred field; in the distance rises the shrine of Someśvara, with banners and lamps, and the sea-breeze carries temple sounds.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara (Śiva)
• Śaryāti
• Prabhāsa
• Someśa (Somnātha/Someśvara)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage undertaken with devotion to the deity (darśana of Someśa) is celebrated as a means of purification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Mahākṣetra, explicitly praised as pāpanāśana, and the shrine/deity Someśa (Someśvara/Somnatha).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Tīrthayātrā and deity-darśana are implied as meritorious practices; no detailed procedure is given.