Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 68

Devanagari script

सोमनाथस्य सान्निध्य उदयन्तो गिरिर्महान् । तस्य पश्चिमभागे तु रैवतक इति स्मृतः

Transliteration

somanāthasya sānnidhya udayanto girirmahān | tasya paścimabhāge tu raivataka iti smṛtaḥ

Translation

സോമനാഥന്റെ സാന്നിധ്യത്തിൽ ‘ഉദയന്ത’ എന്ന മഹാപർവതം നിലകൊള്ളുന്നു; അതിന്റെ പടിഞ്ഞാറ് ഭാഗത്ത് ‘റൈവതക’ എന്ന് സ്മരിക്കപ്പെടുന്ന (പർവതം) ഉണ്ട്.

Word by Word

• सोमनाथस्य: of Somanātha
• सोमनाथस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोमनाथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे षष्ठी (6th) एकवचनम्

• सान्निध्ये: in the vicinity/presence
• सान्निध्ये: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सान्निध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे सप्तमी (7th) एकवचनम् (locative)

• उदयन्: rising
• उदयन्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद् + इ (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्तः (present active participle); पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम्

• गिरिः: mountain
• गिरिः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा (1st) एकवचनम्

• महान्: great
• महान्: Sambandha (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (qualifying गिरिः)

• तस्य: of it/of that (mountain)
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे षष्ठी (6th) एकवचनम्

• पश्चिमभागे: in the western part
• पश्चिमभागे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पश्चिमभाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे सप्तमी (7th) एकवचनम्; तत्पुरुषः (पश्चिमः भागः)

• तु: but, indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपातः (contrastive particle)

• रैवतकः: Raivataka (name)
• रैवतकः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रैवतक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा (1st) एकवचनम्; नाम (proper name)

• इति: thus, as
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरणसूचक-अव्ययम् (quotative)

• स्मृतः: is called/known
• स्मृतः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्मृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्तः (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम्

Speaker

Bhadra

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Somanātha-kṣetra (with Udayanta and Raivataka landmarks)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Parapuraṃjaya (interlocutor)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A coastal Somanātha shrine with a great mountain rising nearby labeled Udayanta; to the west, another ridge labeled Raivataka—pilgrims traverse the landscape with flags and waterpots.

Characters & Entities

• Somanātha
• Udayanta (mountain)
• Raivataka (mountain)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Puranic tīrthas are anchored in identifiable landscapes; mountains and directions serve as sacred coordinates for pilgrimage.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Somanātha/Prabhāsa region, with Udayanta and Raivataka as key geographical markers.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a topographical description supporting the māhātmya.