Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 54

Devanagari script

सोमनाथेति ते नाम ब्रह्मांडे सचराचरे । ख्यातिं प्रयातु देवेश तेजोलिंग नमोऽस्तु ते

Transliteration

somanātheti te nāma brahmāṃḍe sacarācare | khyātiṃ prayātu deveśa tejoliṃga namo'stu te

Translation

ഹേ ദേവേശാ! ‘സോമനാഥ’ എന്ന നിങ്ങളുടെ നാമം, ചരാചരസഹിതമായ സമസ്ത ബ്രഹ്മാണ്ഡത്തിൽ പ്രസിദ്ധിയാർജിക്കട്ടെ. ഹേ തേജോലിംഗ, നിങ്ങളെ നമസ്കരിക്കുന്നു.

Word by Word

• somanātha-iti: “Somanātha” thus
• somanātha-iti: Avyaya (Quotation marker/इति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: somanātha (प्रातिपदिक) + iti (अव्यय)
• Form: इति-प्रयोग (quotative particle), अव्यय; somanātha = नाम (proper noun)

• te: your
• te: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन (singular)

• nāma: name
• nāma: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), एकवचन (singular)

• brahmāṇḍe: in the universe
• brahmāṇḍe: Adhikaraṇa (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahmāṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन (singular)

• sa-cara-acare: with the moving and the unmoving (all beings)
• sa-cara-acare: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa (अव्यय/उपसर्गार्थ) + cara (प्रातिपदिक) + acara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वन्द्वसमास (itaretara-dvandva), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन (singular)

• khyātim: fame
• khyātim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: khyāti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन (singular)

• prayātu: may it attain/spread
• prayātu: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√yā (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative/benedictive sense), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular)

• deveśa: O Lord of gods
• deveśa: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deveśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन (singular)

• tejo-liṅga: O linga of radiance
• tejo-liṅga: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tejas (प्रातिपदिक) + liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास (षष्ठी/कर्मधारयार्थे: 'of light'/'luminous'), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन (singular)

• namaḥ: salutation
• namaḥ: Avyaya (Salutation/नमः)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: namas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable interjection of salutation)

• astu: let it be
• astu: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √as (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular)

• te: to you
• te: Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), चतुर्थी (4th case), एकवचन (singular)

Speaker

Candra (Soma, the Moon-god)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Somnātha

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śiva (Devēśa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant Tejo-liṅga at Somnātha sends beams across the cosmos; beings—humans, devas, animals, trees—turn toward it in reverence; Candra offers a final namaskāra as the name ‘Somnātha’ appears as a cosmic inscription.

Characters & Entities

• Somnātha
• Tejoliṅga
• Śiva (Deveśa)
• Brahmāṇḍa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The divine name and form (liṅga) are celebrated as universally sanctifying, spreading renown and devotion across creation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Somnātha at Prabhāsa-kṣetra, praised as the Tejoliṅga.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse models namaskāra (homage) and nāma-smaraṇa (remembrance of the name) rather than detailing a formal rite.