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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

देव्युवाच । सोमेश्वरेति यन्नाम कस्मिन्काले बभूव तत् । किं नामाग्रेऽभवल्लिंगं नाम किं भविताऽधुना

Transliteration

devyuvāca | someśvareti yannāma kasminkāle babhūva tat | kiṃ nāmāgre'bhavalliṃgaṃ nāma kiṃ bhavitā'dhunā

Translation

Dewi berkata: “Nama ‘Somēśvara’ itu muncul pada waktu bilakah? Pada mulanya, liṅga itu bernama apa, dan kini (pada zaman sekarang) akan bernama apa?”

Word by Word
देवीthe Goddess
देवी:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootदेवी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद
सोमेश्वरSomeśvara
सोमेश्वर:
Karta (Subject/नाम)
TypeNoun
Rootसोम + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; quoted name in iti-construction
इतिthus/so called
इति:
Sambandha (Quotation marker)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; उद्धरण-निपात (quotative particle)
यत्which
यत्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक (relative pronoun)
नामname
नाम:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootनामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
कस्मिन्in which
कस्मिन्:
Adhikarana (Location/Time locus)
TypeNoun
Rootकिम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक
कालेtime
काले:
Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootकाल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन
बभूवbecame/was
बभूव:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootभू (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद
तत्that (name)
तत्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; संकेत (demonstrative)
किम्what
किम्:
Karta/Karma (Interrogative)
TypeNoun
Rootकिम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक
नामindeed/then
नाम:
Avadharana (Emphasis)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनाम (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; प्रश्न-निपात (interrogative particle, 'indeed/then')
अग्रेformerly/at first
अग्रे:
Kala (Time/काल)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय; काल/क्रमवाचक (adverb: formerly/at first)
अभवत्was/became
अभवत्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootभू (धातु)
Formलङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद
लिङ्गम्liṅga (emblem)
लिङ्गम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootलिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन
नामthen/indeed
नाम:
Avadharana (Emphasis)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनाम (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; प्रश्न-निपात (interrogative particle)
किम्what
किम्:
Karta/Karma (Interrogative)
TypeNoun
Rootकिम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक
भविताwill be
भविता:
Kriya (Future predicate)
TypeVerb
Rootभू (धातु)
Formलृट्-अर्थे कृत्: तृन्/तृच्-प्रत्ययान्त (agentive future sense) → भवितृ; here भविता (पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन) used as periphrastic future predicate
अधुनाnow
अधुना:
Kala (Time/काल)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअधुना (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; कालवाचक (temporal adverb)
Speaker

Devī (Pārvatī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Somēśvara (Somnātha)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Īśvara (Śiva)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devī, inquisitive and poised, asks Śiva about the origin of the name Somēśvara; behind them, a stylized liṅga with a crescent-moon motif and a timeline-like band suggesting yuga transitions.

Characters & Entities
S
Somēśvara
L
Liṅga
D
Devī
Ś
Śiva

FAQs

Sacred names preserve sacred history; understanding a tīrtha’s names reveals its enduring divine presence across time.

Somēśvara in Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Prabhāsa) is the focus of inquiry.

None directly; it requests the narrative framework (kāla/yuga-based naming) that supports later devotional practice.

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