Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 120

Devanagari script

अमा सोमेन संयुक्ता कदाचिद्यदि लभ्यते । तस्यां सोमेश्वरं दृष्ट्वा कोटियज्ञफलं लभेत्

Transliteration

amā somena saṃyuktā kadācidyadi labhyate | tasyāṃ someśvaraṃ dṛṣṭvā koṭiyajñaphalaṃ labhet

Translation

कधी अमावस्या सोम (चंद्र) संयोगाने आली तर त्या वेळी सोमेश्वराचे दर्शन घेतल्याने कोटी यज्ञांचे फळ मिळते.

Word by Word

• अमा: new-moon day/night
• अमा: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (new-moon night)

• सोमेन: with the Moon (Soma)
• सोमेन: Karana (Instrument/Association)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (instrumental singular)

• संयुक्ता: conjoined
• संयुक्ता: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + युज् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (of ‘अमा’) ‘joined/combined’

• कदाचित्: sometimes
• कदाचित्: Kala-adhikarana (Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कदाचित् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: ‘sometimes/at some time’)

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (Condition marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; शर्तार्थक-निपात (if)

• लभ्यते: is obtained/occurs
• लभ्यते: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान); आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि/भावे-प्रयोग; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; (is obtained/occurs)

• तस्याम्: on that
• तस्याम्: Adhikarana (Location/Time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (locative: ‘on that (night/day)’)

• सोमेश्वरम्: Someśvara (Lord of Soma)
• सोमेश्वरम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (‘सोमस्य ईश्वरः’); (accusative: ‘Someśvara’)

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु) + क्त्वा (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त; (absolutive/gerund) ‘having seen’

• कोटि-यज्ञ-फलम्: the fruit of a crore of sacrifices
• कोटि-यज्ञ-फलम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोटि (प्रातिपदिक) + यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक) + फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष-श्रृङ्खला (‘कोटियज्ञस्य फलम्’); (accusative: ‘fruit of a crore of sacrifices’)

• लभेत्: would obtain
• लभेत्: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकार (optative); आत्मनेपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; (would obtain/should obtain)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Someśvara (Somnātha) at Prabhāsa

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On a dark new-moon night charged with lunar potency, pilgrims behold Someśvara’s liṅga; the temple lamps blaze like stars, suggesting the fruit of countless yajñas.

Characters & Entities

• Amāvāsyā
• Soma (Moon)
• Someśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dharma extols that sacred timing (tithi-yoga) and holy darśana at a tīrtha can equal vast ritual merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Someśvara at Prabhāsa-kṣetra (as presented in the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Seek darśana of Someśvara when a special new-moon conjunction with Soma occurs.