Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

तत्र सोमेश्वरो देवः स्वयं तिष्ठति शङ्करः । अब्भक्षैर्वायुभक्षैश्च दंतोलूखलिभिस्तथा । ऋषिभिर्वालखिल्यैश्च पूज्यमानः समंततः

Transliteration

tatra someśvaro devaḥ svayaṃ tiṣṭhati śaṅkaraḥ | abbhakṣairvāyubhakṣaiśca daṃtolūkhalibhistathā | ṛṣibhirvālakhilyaiśca pūjyamānaḥ samaṃtataḥ

Translation

ณ ที่นั้น พระโสมेशวรเทพ—คือพระศังกรเอง—ประทับอยู่โดยพระองค์จริง รอบด้านทรงได้รับการบูชาจากฤๅษีผู้ดำรงชีพด้วยน้ำ ผู้ดำรงชีพด้วยลม เหล่าทันโตลูกขลิ และฤๅษีวาลขิลยะ

Word by Word

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

• सोमेश्वरः: Someśvara (Lord of Soma)
• सोमेश्वरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम-ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (somasya īśvaraḥ)

• देवः: the god
• देवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन; apposition to someśvaraḥ

• स्वयम्: himself
• स्वयम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम् (अव्यय)
• Form: स्वतन्त्रतावाचक-अव्यय (emphatic adverb)

• तिष्ठति: stands, remains
• तिष्ठति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• शङ्करः: Śaṅkara
• शङ्करः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शङ्कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन; apposition to someśvaraḥ

• अप्-भक्षैः: by water-eaters (water-fed ascetics)
• अप्-भक्षैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप्-भक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (apām bhakṣāḥ)

• वायु-भक्षैः: by air-eaters (living on air)
• वायु-भक्षैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वायु-भक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (vāyoḥ bhakṣāḥ)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• दन्त-उलूखलिभिः: by those whose teeth are (like) mortars (a class of ascetics)
• दन्त-उलूखलिभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दन्त-उलूखलि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental), बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः (दन्त एव उलूखलिः)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/उपमानार्थक-अव्यय (adverb: likewise)

• ऋषिभिः: by sages
• ऋषिभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental), बहुवचन

• वालखिल्यैः: by the Vālakhilya sages
• वालखिल्यैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वालखिल्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• पूज्यमानः: being worshipped
• पूज्यमानः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूज् (धातु) + शानच् (कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकर्मणि शानच्-प्रत्ययान्त (present passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (of someśvaraḥ)

• समन्ततः: on all sides
• समन्ततः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: समन्ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: परितोवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: on all sides)

Speaker

Prahasta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Someśvara at Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rākṣaseśa

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Someśvara (Śaṅkara) stands/abides radiantly at Prabhāsa while concentric circles of ascetics worship: water-only sages with kamaṇḍalus, air-only yogins in prāṇāyāma, tiny Vālakhilyas, and other rishi groups offering flowers and mantra.

Characters & Entities

• Someśvara
• Śaṅkara (Śiva)
• Abbhakṣa ascetics
• Vāyubhakṣa ascetics
• Daṃtolūkhalis
• Vālakhilya Ṛṣis
• Prabhāsa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A supreme tīrtha attracts the highest tapasvins; Someśvara’s presence makes Prabhāsa a center where asceticism and devotion converge.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Someśvara at Prabhāsa Kṣetra, where Śiva is said to abide directly.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Worship (pūjā/stuti) is implied; the verse highlights communities of ascetics devoted to continuous veneration rather than detailing a rite.