Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 80

Devanagari script

पूजितो यैर्जगन्नाथः सोमेशः किल भैरवः । तिर्यग्योनिगता ये तु पशुपक्षिपिपीलिकाः

Transliteration

pūjito yairjagannāthaḥ someśaḥ kila bhairavaḥ | tiryagyonigatā ye tu paśupakṣipipīlikāḥ

Translation

ആരാൽ ജഗന്നാഥൻ—സോമേശൻ, അതേ ഭൈരവൻ—പൂജിക്കപ്പെട്ടുവോ, അവർ തിര്യക്-യോണിയിൽ മൃഗം, പക്ഷി അല്ലെങ്കിൽ പിപീലിക (ചീമ) ആയി ജനിച്ചാലും, ആ പൂജയുടെ പ്രഭാവത്തിൽ അവർയും ഉദ്ധരിക്കപ്പെടുന്നു.

Word by Word

• पूजितः: worshipped
• पूजितः: Kriya (Predicate participle)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूजित (कृदन्त; √पूज् धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा-विभक्तिः एकवचनम्; भूतकृदन्तः (क्त) = “worshipped” (predicate)

• यैः: by whom
• यैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे तृतीया-विभक्तिः बहुवचनम्; relative pronoun “by whom”

• जगन्नाथः: Jagannātha (Lord of the world)
• जगन्नाथः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् + नाथ (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा-विभक्तिः एकवचनम्; तत्पुरुषः—“जगतः नाथः”

• सोमेशः: Someśa
• सोमेशः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम + ईश (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा-विभक्तिः एकवचनम्; apposition to जगन्नाथः

• किल: indeed/it is said
• किल: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: किल (अव्यय)
• Form: निपातः (indeclinable particle) expressing emphasis/report “indeed/it is said”

• भैरवः: Bhairava
• भैरवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भैरव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा-विभक्तिः एकवचनम्; apposition

• तिर्यक्: animal/oblique (non-human)
• तिर्यक्: Sambandha (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तिर्यक् (अव्यय/विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय-स्वरूपं/विशेषणम्; in compound with योनि

• योनि-गताः: born in (a) womb/birth
• योनि-गताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: योनि + गत (कृदन्त; √गम् धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा-विभक्तिः बहुवचनम्; भूतकृदन्तः (क्त) ‘गत’; तत्पुरुषः—“योनौ गताः” = “gone into a womb/birth”

• ये: those who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा-विभक्तिः बहुवचनम्; relative pronoun “those who”

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/विशेष-निपातः (but/indeed)

• पशु-पक्षि-पिपीलिकाः: animals, birds, (and) ants
• पशु-पक्षि-पिपीलिकाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पशु + पक्षिन् + पिपीलिका (प्रातिपदिकानि)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा-विभक्तिः बहुवचनम्; द्वन्द्व-समासः (समाहार/इतरेतर) = “animals, birds, and ants”

Speaker

Śiva (addressing Devī/Pārvatī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Somnātha)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At Prabhāsa, devotees offer flowers and lamps to Somnātha (Someśa) while a fierce yet protective Bhairava stands nearby; animals, birds, and tiny ants gather at the temple threshold, symbolically receiving uplift through the sanctity of worship.

Characters & Entities

• Someśa (Somānātha)
• Bhairava
• Jagannātha (epithet)
• paśu
• pakṣi
• pipīlikā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worship of Someśa at Prabhāsa carries an extraordinary saving power that transcends birth-status, even reaching beings in non-human forms.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra and the Someśa/Somānātha liṅga, praised also in the Bhairava aspect.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pūjā (worship) of Someśa/Somānātha (Bhairava), implying devotional offerings and reverence at the shrine.