Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

तस्मात्सर्वप्रयत्नेन केशांस्तत्र विनिक्षिपेत् । तदेव सोमनाथाग्रे कृत्वा तु द्विगुणं फलम्

Transliteration

tasmātsarvaprayatnena keśāṃstatra vinikṣipet | tadeva somanāthāgre kṛtvā tu dviguṇaṃ phalam

Translation

కాబట్టి సమస్త ప్రయత్నంతో కేశాలను అక్కడే నిక్షేపించాలి. అదే కార్యాన్ని సోమనాథుని సమక్షంలో చేస్తే ద్విగుణ ఫలం లభిస్తుంది.

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore; from that (reason)
• तस्मात्: Hetu/Reason (हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (तस्मात्-प्रयोगः), अपादानार्थक-सम्बन्धे ‘therefore/from that’

• सर्वप्रयत्नेन: with all effort
• सर्वप्रयत्नेन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्व + प्रयत्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; करण-प्रयोगः ‘with all effort’

• केशान्: hairs
• केशान्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: केश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), बहुवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• विनिक्षिपेत्: should deposit/throw down
• विनिक्षिपेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि√क्षिप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; विध्यर्थः ‘should place/throw down’

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; ‘that (act/thing)’

• एव: indeed; only
• एव: Sambandha/Emphasis (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अवधारणार्थक-निपात (emphatic particle)

• सोमनाथाग्रे: before Somanātha
• सोमनाथाग्रे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोमनाथ + अग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; ‘in front of Somanātha’

• कृत्वा: having done
• कृत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund) ‘having done’

• तु: but; indeed
• तु: Sambandha/Particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, विरोध/अन्वयार्थक-निपात (but/indeed)

• द्विगुणम्: double; twofold
• द्विगुणम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वि + गुण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (फलम् इति) ‘twofold’

• फलम्: fruit/result
• फलम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Somanātha-agre keśa-nikṣepa-sthāna

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee stands before Somanātha with folded hands; a small sanctified receptacle/spot receives the cut hair; priests guide the act; the temple doorway glows, signifying ‘dviguṇa-phala’.

Characters & Entities

• Somanātha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Acts of renunciation become especially potent when performed with devotion at a supremely sanctified shrine.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Somanātha (Someśvara) at Prabhāsa, specifically ‘before Somanātha’ (somanāthāgre).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Deposit the shaved hair at the prescribed place; doing so before Somanātha grants double merit.