Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 59

Devanagari script

एतैरन्यैश्च यतिभिः प्राप्यते यत्फलं शुभम् । तत्सर्वं लभ्यते देवि श्रीसोमेश्वरयात्रया

Transliteration

etairanyaiśca yatibhiḥ prāpyate yatphalaṃ śubham | tatsarvaṃ labhyate devi śrīsomeśvarayātrayā

Translation

ഇവരും മറ്റു യതികളും നേടുന്ന ഏതു ശുഭഫലമോ, ഹേ ദേവീ, അതെല്ലാം ശ്രീ സോമേശ്വരയാത്രയാൽ തന്നെ ലഭിക്കുന്നു।

Word by Word

• etaiḥ: by these
• etaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• anyaiḥ: by other
• anyaiḥ: Karana (Instrument qualifier/करण-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying yatibhiḥ)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• yatibhiḥ: by ascetics
• yatibhiḥ: Karana (Instrument/agentive means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• prāpyate: is obtained
• prāpyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra + āp (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), कर्मणि-प्रयोग (Passive), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• yat: which
• yat: Karma (Object in relative clause/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative)

• phalam: fruit, result
• phalam: Karta (Subject of passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• śubham: auspicious
• śubham: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śubha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying phalam)

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (Object in main clause/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; निर्देशक (correlative)

• sarvam: all
• sarvam: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘तत्’ इत्यस्य विशेषण

• labhyate: is obtained
• labhyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: labh (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), कर्मणि-प्रयोग (Passive), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• devi: O goddess
• devi: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• śrī-someśvara-yātrayā: by the pilgrimage to Śrī Someśvara
• śrī-someśvara-yātrayā: Karana (Instrument/means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī (प्रातिपदिक) + someśvara (प्रातिपदिक; soma + īśvara) + yātrā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (श्रीसोमेश्वरस्य यात्रा), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Śiva (addressing Devī; deduced from 'devi')

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śrī Someśvara (Somnātha) at Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee-pilgrim arrives at the sea-adjacent Someshvara shrine in Prabhāsa; sages (yatīs) stand as witnesses while the Goddess hears the proclamation that Someshvara-yātrā grants all auspicious fruits.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Śrī Someśvara
• Yātrā (pilgrimage)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage to a supreme tīrtha is portrayed as a concentrated means of attaining merits otherwise gained through many disciplines.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Śrī Someśvara at Prabhāsa-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Undertaking a yātrā (pilgrimage) to Śrī Someśvara is the explicit prescription.