Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

ज्ञात्वा फलं कंकणस्य मुनेस्तस्य प्रभावतः । गत्वा सोमेश्वरं देवं स्नात्वा च लवणांभसि

Transliteration

jñātvā phalaṃ kaṃkaṇasya munestasya prabhāvataḥ | gatvā someśvaraṃ devaṃ snātvā ca lavaṇāṃbhasi

Translation

ആ മുനിയുടെ പ്രഭാവത്താൽ കങ്കണത്തിന്റെ ഫലം അറിഞ്ഞ് അവൾ സോമേശ്വര ദേവന്റെ അടുക്കൽ ചെന്നു ലവണജലത്തിൽ സ്നാനം ചെയ്തു.

Word by Word

• ज्ञात्वा: having known
• ज्ञात्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), धातु: ज्ञा, अर्थे: पूर्वकर्म (having known)

• फलम्: fruit/result
• फलम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (neuter, nominative/accusative singular)

• कंकणस्य: of the bracelet/bangle
• कंकणस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कंकण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी विभक्ति, एकवचन (masculine, genitive singular)

• मुनेः: of the sage
• मुनेः: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी विभक्ति, एकवचन (masculine, genitive singular)

• तस्य: of him/that
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी विभक्ति, एकवचन (pronoun, genitive singular)

• प्रभावतः: due to (its/his) power
• प्रभावतः: Hetu (Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी विभक्ति, एकवचन (masculine, ablative singular)

• गत्वा: having gone
• गत्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), धातु: गम् (गच्छ्), अर्थे: पूर्वकर्म (having gone)

• सोमेश्वरम्: Soma-īśvara (Lord Soma/Śiva)
• सोमेश्वरम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम-ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (masculine, accusative singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: सोमस्य ईश्वरः

• देवम्: the god
• देवम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (masculine, accusative singular)

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), धातु: स्ना, अर्थे: पूर्वकर्म (having bathed)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• लवण-अम्भसि: in salty water (sea-water)
• लवण-अम्भसि: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लवण (प्रातिपदिक) + अम्भस् (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति, एकवचन (neuter, locative singular); कर्मधारय: लवणं च तत् अम्भः (salty water)

Speaker

Ṛṣi (unnamed narrator within the Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya dialogue)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Someśvara (Somnātha) at Prabhāsa; Lavana-ambhas snāna

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The queen journeys to Someśvara; waves and salt spray frame her sea-bath, while the temple spire rises nearby—devotion expressed through purposeful movement and ritual purity.

Characters & Entities

• Someśvara (Somnātha)
• Ocean (lavaṇāmbhas)
• Muni (sage)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Right understanding (from a sage’s guidance) should culminate in practice—pilgrimage, devotion, and purifying snāna.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Someśvara/Somnātha at Prabhāsa-kṣetra, along with the sacred sea-bath.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (bathing) in the salty sea waters in connection with worship of Someśvara.