Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

सत्कुलः कर्णिकारश्च पौरुषेयाः प्रकीर्त्तिताः । सोमेश्वरे पुरा सिद्धाः प्रभासे पापनाशने

Transliteration

satkulaḥ karṇikāraśca pauruṣeyāḥ prakīrttitāḥ | someśvare purā siddhāḥ prabhāse pāpanāśane

Translation

Satkula e Karṇikāra são proclamados entre os Pauruṣeyas. Outrora alcançaram a perfeição em Someśvara, em Prabhāsa, o destruidor do pecado.

Word by Word

• सत्कुलः: Satkula (name / of good lineage)
• सत्कुलः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्कुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—सत् कुलं यस्य/सत् कुलः (कर्मधारय/बहुव्रीहि-प्राय)

• कर्णिकारः: Karṇikāra (name)
• कर्णिकारः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्णिकार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; नाम (व्यक्तिनाम)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• पौरुषेयाः: Pauruṣeyas (descendants of Puruṣa / human-origin)
• पौरुषेयाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पौरुषेय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषण/समूहवाचक

• प्रकीर्तिताः: are proclaimed
• प्रकीर्तिताः: Karta (Subject-complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रकीर्तित (कृदन्त; √कीर्त् (धातु) + प्र + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle)

• सोमेश्वरे: in Someśvara
• सोमेश्वरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोमेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; समासः—सोमस्य ईश्वरः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• पुरा: formerly
• पुरा: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time: formerly)

• सिद्धाः: perfected, accomplished
• सिद्धाः: Karta (Subject-complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सिद्ध (कृदन्त; √सिध् (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त

• प्रभासे: in Prabhāsa
• प्रभासे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• पापनाशने: in the sin-destroying (place)
• पापनाशने: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पापनाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; समासः—पापस्य नाशनम् (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष); स्थानविशेषण

Speaker

Śiva (addressing Devī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Someśvara at Prabhāsa

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Two named figures, Satkula and Karṇikāra, stand as exemplars among the Pauruṣeyas before the Someśvara liṅga; a dark cloud of ‘pāpa’ dissipates into light around the shrine, symbolizing purification.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Prabhāsa
• Someśvara
• Satkula
• Karṇikāra
• Pauruṣeyāḥ

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Prabhāsa is praised as pāpa-nāśana: purification and realization are intertwined, and the kṣetra’s merit is confirmed by past siddhas.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, especially Someśvara, described as sin-destroying.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the verse emphasizes the fruit (sin-destruction and siddhi) tied to the place.