Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 59

Devanagari script

प्रसादाद्दर्शनं याति तस्य सोमेश्वरः प्रभुः । कपर्दाकारमुदरं यतोऽस्य समुदाहृतम् । ततोऽस्य नाम जानीहि कपर्द्दीति महात्मनः

Transliteration

prasādāddarśanaṃ yāti tasya someśvaraḥ prabhuḥ | kapardākāramudaraṃ yato'sya samudāhṛtam | tato'sya nāma jānīhi kaparddīti mahātmanaḥ

Translation

ആ കൃപയാൽ പ്രഭു സോമേശ്വരൻ അവന് തന്റെ ദർശനം നൽകുന്നു. അവന്റെ ഉദരം കപർദ (കൗഡി) ആകൃതിയെന്ന് വർണ്ണിക്കപ്പെട്ടതിനാൽ, ആ മഹാത്മാവിന്റെ നാമം ‘കപർദീ’ എന്നു അറിയുക.

Word by Word

• prasādāt: from grace; due to favor
• prasādāt: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prasāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Ablative singular)

• darśanam: vision; sight (darśana)
• darśanam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: darśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Accusative singular)

• yāti: goes; attains
• yāti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yā (या धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद (3rd person singular)

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Genitive singular)

• someśvaraḥ: Someśvara (Lord of Soma)
• someśvaraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: soma-īśvara (प्रातिपदिक; सोम + ईश्वर)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (सोमस्य ईश्वरः) (Masculine nominative singular)

• prabhuḥ: the Lord
• prabhuḥ: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (Apposition/कर्ता-समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative singular)

• kaparda-ākāram: having the form of a kaparda (cowrie/coil)
• kaparda-ākāram: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kaparda-ākāra (प्रातिपदिक; कपर्द + आकार)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (कपर्दस्य आकारः) (Neuter accusative singular)

• udaram: belly; abdomen
• udaram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: udara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative singular)

• yataḥ: because; from which
• yataḥ: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बन्ध/कारणवाचक-अव्यय (indeclinable: from which/wherefore)

• asya: of this; of him
• asya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Genitive singular)

• samudāhṛtam: has been stated/declared
• samudāhṛtam: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ud-ā-√hṛ (हृ धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (Past Passive Participle/क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (Neuter nom./acc. singular)

• tataḥ: therefore; from that
• tataḥ: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: तस्मात्-अर्थे अव्यय (adverb: therefore/from that)

• asya: of him
• asya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Genitive singular)

• nāma: name
• nāma: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter nom./acc. singular)

• jānīhi: know; understand
• jānīhi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jñā (ज्ञा धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद (2nd person singular)

• kaparddīti: “Kaparddī” thus
• kaparddīti: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kaparddī (प्रातिपदिक) + iti (अव्यय)
• Form: kaparddī: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (name in quotation); iti: इति-इत्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• mahātmanaḥ: of the great-souled one
• mahātmanaḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahātman (प्रातिपदिक; महा + आत्मन्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय (महान् आत्मा यस्य) (Genitive singular)

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet; māhātmya narrator explaining a name/epithet of Someśvara (Śiva) at Prabhāsa.

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Someśvara/Somanātha at Prabhāsa; epithet Kapardī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee receives Śiva’s darśana at Prabhāsa; Someśvara appears with matted locks and a distinctive rounded, shell-like belly, while attendants and lamps frame the sanctum.

Characters & Entities

• Someśvara (Śiva)
• Prasāda (grace)
• Kapardī (epithet)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine vision (darśana) is attained through grace; sacred epithets preserve theological meaning and inspire devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, with emphasis on Someśvara (Śiva) and the bestowal of darśana there.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated; the verse highlights prasāda leading to darśana and explains the name Kapardī.