Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 139

Devanagari script

तेन दृष्टं वरारोहे ज्योतिर्लिंगं महाप्रभम् । सोमवारव्रतं दिव्यं येन चीर्णं तु संश्रये

Transliteration

tena dṛṣṭaṃ varārohe jyotirliṃgaṃ mahāprabham | somavāravrataṃ divyaṃ yena cīrṇaṃ tu saṃśraye

Translation

Wahai wanita berpinggul indah, oleh dia sahaja Jyotirliṅga yang bercahaya, berkeagungan besar, telah disaksikan. Dan oleh dia sahaja nazar Isnin yang suci telah ditunaikan—aku menegaskannya dengan yakin.

Word by Word

• तेन: by him
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• दृष्टम्: seen
• दृष्टम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु) + त (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• वरारोहे: O fair-limbed lady
• वरारोहे: Sambodhana (Vocative/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर + आरोह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय: वरम् आरोहः यस्याः (O fair-hipped one)

• ज्योतिः: light, radiance
• ज्योतिः: Samasa-purvapada (Compound member/समासपद)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्योतिस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (समासपूर्वपदत्वे)

• लिङ्गम्: liṅga (emblem) of light
• लिङ्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ज्योतिषः लिङ्गम्

• महाप्रभम्: of great splendor
• महाप्रभम्: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा + प्रभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय: महान् प्रभः यस्य

• सोमवारव्रतम्: the Monday vow
• सोमवारव्रतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोमवार + व्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: सोमवारस्य व्रतम्

• दिव्यम्: divine
• दिव्यम्: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• येन: by which
• येन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्धक

• चीर्णम्: performed, observed
• चीर्णम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: चर् (धातु) + क्त (कृत् प्रत्यय; irregular stem चीर्ण)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; 'observed/performed'

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात

• संश्रये: I take refuge (in), I resort to
• संश्रये: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + श्रि (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), उत्तम-पुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

Speaker

Unnamed narrator addressing a देवी-like interlocutor (speaker not explicit in this verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Somnātha (Prabhāsa)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A addressed female interlocutor (varārohe/sundarī/devī across the passage)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee stands before a radiant Jyotirliṅga, the sanctum glowing; Monday-vrata symbols—crescent moon, bilva leaves, water-pot—frame the scene as a vow fulfilled.

Characters & Entities

• Jyotirliṅga
• Somavāravrata

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva is approached through both darśana (vision of the liṅga) and disciplined vrata; devotion becomes complete when worship is joined to observance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A Jyotirliṅga is praised; within this Prabhāsa-context it supports the sacred landscape where Śiva’s radiance is directly encountered.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Somavāravrata—religious observance performed on Mondays in devotion to Śiva.