Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 74
Devanagari script
सूर्यसोमान्वये कश्चिद्राजा भवतु भूतले
Transliteration
sūryasomānvaye kaścidrājā bhavatu bhūtale
Translation
“Biarlah seorang raja daripada keturunan Surya–Candra bangkit di muka bumi.”
Word by Word
सूर्यसोमान्वयेin the Solar-Lunar lineage
सूर्यसोमान्वये:
Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootसूर्य + सोम + अन्वय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (सूर्यसोमयोः अन्वयः)
कश्चित्someone, a certain (person)
कश्चित्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootकश्चित् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), एकवचन; अनिश्चितवाचक-सर्वनाम (indefinite pronoun)
राजाking
राजा:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootराजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), एकवचन
भवतुlet (him) be / may (he) become
भवतु:
Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootभू (धातु)
Formलोट् (आज्ञार्थक/imperative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद
भूतलेon the earth
भूतले:
Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootभूतल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन
Speaker
Indra (continuing the petitionary narrative context)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra (Prabhāsa ambit)
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A concise, oracle-like statement: a king from the Solar–Lunar dynastic stream should arise on earth, implying restoration of righteous rule.
Characters & Entities
S
Solar dynasty (Sūryavaṃśa)L
Lunar dynasty (Somavaṃśa)FAQs
Earth’s order is upheld through righteous kingship aligned with dharma and sacred lineage ideals.
Implicitly within Vastrāpathakṣetra Māhātmya; no tīrtha is named in this single line.
None.