Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 45

Devanagari script

ध्यायमानास्तथोंकारं स्थिताः सोमेशदक्षिणे

Transliteration

dhyāyamānāstathoṃkāraṃ sthitāḥ someśadakṣiṇe

Translation

त्याच प्रकारे पवित्र ‘ॐ’काराचे ध्यान करीत ते सोमेश्वराच्या दक्षिणेस स्थिरपणे स्थित राहतात।

Word by Word

• ध्यायमानाः: meditating
• ध्यायमानाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √ध्यै (धातु) (कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; शतृ/शानच्-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकाले कृदन्त (present participle, Ātmanepada sense)

• तथा: thus, likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक अव्यय (adverb: thus/in that manner)

• ओंकारम्: the syllable Oṃ (Om-kāra)
• ओंकारम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ओंकार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• स्थिताः: standing, situated
• स्थिताः: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (Subject complement/कर्तृसमानााधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्थित (कृदन्त; √स्था धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त

• सोमेशदक्षिणे: to the south of Someśa
• सोमेशदक्षिणे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोमेश + दक्षिण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (सोमेशस्य दक्षिणे = to the south of Someśa)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced from Purāṇic narration style within Māhātmya context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Someśvara (Somnātha) – southern sector

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A quiet southern courtyard of the Someśvara shrine where ascetic figures sit in meditation, a subtle Oṃ symbol shimmering in the air; the main liṅga’s aura spills southward like moonlight.

Characters & Entities

• Oṃkāra (Praṇava)
• Someśvara
• Prabhāsa (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steady meditation on the Praṇava (Oṃ) is presented as a direct means of sanctifying one’s presence in the holy field of Prabhāsa.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Someśvara at Prabhāsa Kṣetra, with emphasis on the sacred southern vicinity of the shrine.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dhyāna (meditation) on Oṃkāra—an inner rite aligned with tīrtha-sevā.