Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 108

Devanagari script

षष्टिकोटिसहस्राणि षष्टिकोटिशतानि च । सर्वे सोमेश्वरं यांति माघकृष्णचतुर्द्दशीम्

Transliteration

ṣaṣṭikoṭisahasrāṇi ṣaṣṭikoṭiśatāni ca | sarve someśvaraṃ yāṃti māghakṛṣṇacaturddaśīm

Translation

അറുപത് കോടി സഹസ്രങ്ങളും അറുപത് കോടി ശതങ്ങളും—എല്ലാവരും മാഘ കൃഷ്ണ ചതുര്ദശിയിൽ സോമേശ്വരനിലേക്കു പോകുന്നു।

Word by Word

• षष्टिकोटिसहस्राणि: (groups of) sixty-crore thousands
• षष्टिकोटिसहस्राणि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: षष्टि + कोटि + सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; समासः—द्विगु (संख्यापूर्वक-समासः: ‘sixty crores of thousands’)

• षष्टिकोटिशतानि: (groups of) sixty-crore hundreds
• षष्टिकोटिशतानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: षष्टि + कोटि + शत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; समासः—द्विगु (संख्यापूर्वक-समासः: ‘sixty crores of hundreds’)

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

• सर्वे: all (of them)
• सर्वे: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सर्वनामसदृश-विशेषणप्रयोगः (used substantively: ‘all’)

• सोमेश्वरम्: Someśvara
• सोमेश्वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष

• यान्ति: they go
• यान्ति: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम

• माघकृष्णचतुर्दशीम्: the fourteenth day of the dark fortnight of Māgha
• माघकृष्णचतुर्दशीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माघ + कृष्ण + चतुर्दशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (माघस्य कृष्णपक्षस्य चतुर्दशी)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (contextual attribution within Māhātmya narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Someśvara/Somnātha (Prabhāsa-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (explicitly addressed later in the sequence)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A vast throng of pilgrims converges on the Somnātha shrine under a Māgha night sky; lamps, conches, and banners; the liṅga sanctum glowing as devotees arrive on kṛṣṇa caturdaśī.

Characters & Entities

• Someśvara
• Māgha
• Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī (14th tithi of dark fortnight)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred time amplifies sacred place—Māgha kṛṣṇa caturdaśī is portrayed as a powerful occasion for Someshvara darśana.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Someśvara at Prabhāsa-kṣetra, especially in connection with Māgha kṛṣṇa caturdaśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pilgrimage/going for darśana to Someśvara on Māgha kṛṣṇa caturdaśī is explicitly indicated.