Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 59

Devanagari script

एतैरन्यैश्च यतिभिः प्राप्यते यत्फलं शुभम् । तत्सर्वं लभ्यते देवि श्रीसोमेश्वरयात्रया

Transliteration

etairanyaiśca yatibhiḥ prāpyate yatphalaṃ śubham | tatsarvaṃ labhyate devi śrīsomeśvarayātrayā

Translation

ਇਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਅਤੇ ਹੋਰ ਯਤੀਆਂ ਦੁਆਰਾ ਜੋ ਸ਼ੁਭ ਫਲ ਪ੍ਰਾਪਤ ਹੁੰਦਾ ਹੈ, ਹੇ ਦੇਵੀ, ਉਹ ਸਭ ਕੁਝ ਸ਼੍ਰੀ ਸੋਮੇਸ਼ਵਰ ਦੀ ਯਾਤਰਾ ਨਾਲ ਹੀ ਮਿਲ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ।

Word by Word

• etaiḥ: by these
• etaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• anyaiḥ: by other
• anyaiḥ: Karana (Instrument qualifier/करण-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying yatibhiḥ)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• yatibhiḥ: by ascetics
• yatibhiḥ: Karana (Instrument/agentive means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• prāpyate: is obtained
• prāpyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra + āp (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), कर्मणि-प्रयोग (Passive), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• yat: which
• yat: Karma (Object in relative clause/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative)

• phalam: fruit, result
• phalam: Karta (Subject of passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• śubham: auspicious
• śubham: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śubha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying phalam)

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (Object in main clause/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; निर्देशक (correlative)

• sarvam: all
• sarvam: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘तत्’ इत्यस्य विशेषण

• labhyate: is obtained
• labhyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: labh (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), कर्मणि-प्रयोग (Passive), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

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

• śrī-someśvara-yātrayā: by the pilgrimage to Śrī Someśvara
• śrī-someśvara-yātrayā: Karana (Instrument/means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī (प्रातिपदिक) + someśvara (प्रातिपदिक; soma + īśvara) + yātrā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (श्रीसोमेश्वरस्य यात्रा), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Śiva (addressing Devī; deduced from 'devi')

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śrī Someśvara (Somnātha) at Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee-pilgrim arrives at the sea-adjacent Someshvara shrine in Prabhāsa; sages (yatīs) stand as witnesses while the Goddess hears the proclamation that Someshvara-yātrā grants all auspicious fruits.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Śrī Someśvara
• Yātrā (pilgrimage)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage to a supreme tīrtha is portrayed as a concentrated means of attaining merits otherwise gained through many disciplines.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Śrī Someśvara at Prabhāsa-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Undertaking a yātrā (pilgrimage) to Śrī Someśvara is the explicit prescription.