Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

तस्याः संदर्शनाद्देवि रूपवाञ्जायते नरः । पुरा महर्षयः प्राप्ताः सोमेश्वरदिदृक्षया

Transliteration

tasyāḥ saṃdarśanāddevi rūpavāñjāyate naraḥ | purā maharṣayaḥ prāptāḥ someśvaradidṛkṣayā

Translation

ਹੇ ਦੇਵੀ, ਉਸ (ਪਿੰਗਲੀ) ਦੇ ਦਰਸ਼ਨ ਮਾਤ੍ਰ ਨਾਲ ਹੀ ਮਨੁੱਖ ਰੂਪਵਾਨ ਹੋ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ। ਪੁਰਾਤਨ ਕਾਲ ਵਿੱਚ ਮਹਰਿਸ਼ੀ ਸੋਮੇਸ਼ਵਰ ਦੇ ਦਰਸ਼ਨ ਦੀ ਇੱਛਾ ਨਾਲ ਆਏ ਸਨ।

Word by Word

• tasyāḥ: of her (of that river)
• tasyāḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Genitive), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (of that [river])

• saṃdarśanāt: from (the act of) seeing
• saṃdarśanāt: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃ-darśana (प्रातिपदिक; सम् + दर्शन)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (Ablative), एकवचन; हेतौ अपादानम् (cause/source: ‘from seeing’)

• devi: O goddess
• devi: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• rūpavān: handsome
• rūpavān: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: rūpavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन; नरस्य विशेषणम्

• jāyate: becomes
• jāyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jan (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; भावे/कर्तरि (becomes/is born)

• naraḥ: a man
• naraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन; कर्ता

• purā: formerly
• purā: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: purā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb)

• maharṣayaḥ: great sages
• maharṣayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā-ṛṣi (प्रातिपदिक; महा + ऋषि)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), बहुवचन; कर्ता

• prāptāḥ: arrived
• prāptāḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-āp (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), बहुवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोगे (used predicatively: ‘arrived’)

• someśvara: of Someśvara
• someśvara: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: soma-īśvara (प्रातिपदिक; सोम + ईश्वर)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Genitive), एकवचन; दिदृक्षा-सम्बन्ध (object of desire: ‘of Someśvara’)

• didṛkṣayā: with the desire to see
• didṛkṣayā: Hetu (Cause/Motive/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: didṛkṣā (प्रातिपदिक; desiderative noun from √dṛś)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental), एकवचन; हेतौ करणम् (motive/instrument: ‘with the desire to see’)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Piṅgalī/ Piṅgā-tīrtha (within Prabhāsa-kṣetra)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (addressed as Devi/Mahādevī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A group of aged mahārṣis arrive at Prabhāsa with longing to behold Someśvara; in the foreground a luminous feminine tīrtha-presence (Piṅgalī) is hinted as a radiant river-deity; the Somnātha liṅga-temple silhouette anchors the horizon.

Characters & Entities

• Devī (Pārvatī)
• Piṅgalī River
• Maharṣis
• Someśvara (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Darśana (reverent beholding) of a tīrtha is itself transformative and auspicious, not merely a physical visit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Piṅgalī River, in connection with the pilgrimage to Someśvara in Prabhāsa Kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Darśana (seeing) of the river is stated as meritorious; the narrative frames a pilgrimage to Someśvara.