Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

ईश्वर उवाच । तस्य तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा विस्मयोत्फुल्ललोचनः । अवतीर्य धरापृष्ठं सोमेशं समपश्यत

Transliteration

īśvara uvāca | tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā vismayotphullalocanaḥ | avatīrya dharāpṛṣṭhaṃ someśaṃ samapaśyata

Translation

Īśvara disse: Ao ouvir essas palavras, com os olhos arregalados de assombro, ele desceu à superfície da terra e contemplou Somēśa (o Senhor Someśvara).

Word by Word

• ईश्वरः: Īśvara
• ईश्वरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Genitive), एकवचन

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (of vacanam)

• वचनम्: speech, words
• वचनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: श्रु (धातु) + त्वा (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

• विस्मय-उत्फुल्ल-लोचनः: whose eyes were widened in astonishment
• विस्मय-उत्फुल्ल-लोचनः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विस्मय + उत्फुल्ल + लोचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः (विस्मयेन उत्फुल्ले लोचने यस्य)

• अवतीर्य: having descended
• अवतीर्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अव-तॄ (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृदन्त)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund)

• धरा-पृष्ठम्: the surface of the earth
• धरा-पृष्ठम्: Karma (Goal/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धरा-पृष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (dharāyāḥ pṛṣṭham)

• सोमेशम्: Someśa
• सोमेशम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम-ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन

• समपश्यत: saw
• समपश्यत: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-√पश्/दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Somēśvara/Somanātha at Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A formidable figure descends from a celestial vimāna to the earth, eyes wide with astonishment, and faces the Somēśvara shrine where Śiva’s presence radiates from the liṅga.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara (Śiva)
• Somēśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True reverence begins with receptive listening; hearing sacred instruction leads to transformative darśana of the Lord.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, centering on the deity Somēśvara (Somnath tradition).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is prescribed here; the emphasis is on approaching and beholding Somēśvara.