Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 21

Devanagari script

सोमेश्वरं समासाद्य तस्य लिंगस्य दर्शनात् । सर्व एव विनश्यंति वह्नौ क्षिप्तमिवेन्धनम्

Transliteration

someśvaraṃ samāsādya tasya liṃgasya darśanāt | sarva eva vinaśyaṃti vahnau kṣiptamivendhanam

Translation

സോമേശ്വരനെ സമീപിച്ച്, ആ ലിംഗത്തിന്റെ ദർശനമാത്രത്തിൽ ഇവയൊക്കെയും അഗ്നിയിൽ ഇട്ട ഇന്ധനത്തെപ്പോലെ നശിക്കുന്നു.

Word by Word

• someśvaram: Someśvara (Lord Soma/Śiva)
• someśvaram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: someśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (somasya īśvaraḥ)

• samāsādya: having approached
• samāsādya: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ā-√sad (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप्/क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund): ‘having approached’

• tasya: of that (his)
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• liṅgasya: of the liṅga
• liṅgasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• darśanāt: from/through seeing
• darśanāt: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: darśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन; हेत्वर्थ (cause)

• sarve: all
• sarve: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक-अव्यय

• vinaśyanti: perish, are destroyed
• vinaśyanti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-√naś (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• vahnau: in fire
• vahnau: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vahni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• kṣiptam: thrown
• kṣiptam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṣip (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘thrown’ (qualifies indhanam)

• iva: like
• iva: Sambandha (Comparison/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iva (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमार्थक-अव्यय (comparative particle)

• indhanam: fuel, firewood
• indhanam: Upamana (Standard of comparison/उपमान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: indhana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Śiva (Someśvara/Kālāgnirudra) to Devī (Deveśī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Someśvara

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The sanctum opens: the Someśvara liṅga stands radiant; afflicted devotees gaze upon it as a stylized flame aura rises, symbolically consuming dark smoke-like disease.

Characters & Entities

• Someśvara
• Liṅga
• Prabhāsa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Darśana of Śiva at a powerful kṣetra is depicted as immediate purification—burning afflictions as fire consumes fuel.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Śrī Someśvara at Prabhāsa kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Someśvara-liṅga darśana (approaching and beholding the liṅga).