Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

सोमेश्वरे च ते सिद्धाः प्रभासे वरवर्णिनि । मूकमन्यः शिवश्चैव प्रकाशः कपिलस्तथा

Transliteration

someśvare ca te siddhāḥ prabhāse varavarṇini | mūkamanyaḥ śivaścaiva prakāśaḥ kapilastathā

Translation

ഹേ വരവർണിനീ, പ്രഭാസയിലെ സോമേശ്വരത്തിൽ അവർ സിദ്ധി പ്രാപിച്ചു. (അവരിൽ) മൂക, മന്യ, ശിവ, പ്രകാശ, കപിലൻ എന്നിവരും ഉൾപ്പെടുന്നു।

Word by Word

• सोमेश्वरे: in Someśvara
• सोमेश्वरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोमेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; समासः—सोमस्य ईश्वरः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• सिद्धाः: accomplished, perfected
• सिद्धाः: Karta (Subject-complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सिद्ध (कृदन्त; √सिध् (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण (past passive participle)

• प्रभासे: in Prabhāsa
• प्रभासे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• वरवर्णिनि: in the fair-complexioned (place)
• वरवर्णिनि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वरवर्णिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; समासः—वरा च सा वर्णिनी (कर्मधारय)

• मूकम्: Mūka (name)
• मूकम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मूक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; नाम (व्यक्तिनाम)

• अन्यः: another (one)
• अन्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• शिवः: Śiva (name)
• शिवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; नाम (व्यक्तिनाम)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चय/अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• प्रकाशः: Prakāśa (name)
• प्रकाशः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकाश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; नाम (व्यक्तिनाम)

• कपिलः: Kapila (name)
• कपिलः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कपिल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; नाम (व्यक्तिनाम)

• तथा: likewise, also
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकार/समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (adverb: likewise/also)

Speaker

Śiva (addressing Devī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Someśvara (in Prabhāsa)

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At the Someśvara shrine, a group of ascetics—Mūka, Manya, Śiva, Prakāśa, Kapila—are depicted in varied yogic postures, their austerity culminating in a shared radiance around the liṅga; Devī is addressed as ‘varavarṇinī’.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Prabhāsa
• Someśvara
• Mūka
• Manya
• Śiva
• Prakāśa
• Kapila

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The verse reinforces that Someśvara at Prabhāsa is a proven seat of realization, validated by named exemplars of attainment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Someśvara at Prabhāsa-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it continues the catalog of siddhas associated with the site.