Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 18

Devanagari script

अयने चोत्तरे पुण्ये श्रीसोमेशदिदृक्षया । दृष्ट्वा सोमेश्वरं देवं स्नात्वा तीर्थेषु कृत्स्नशः

Transliteration

ayane cottare puṇye śrīsomeśadidṛkṣayā | dṛṣṭvā someśvaraṃ devaṃ snātvā tīrtheṣu kṛtsnaśaḥ

Translation

ครั้นถึงกาลอุตตรายณะอันเป็นบุญ ด้วยปรารถนาจะได้ทัศนะศรีโสมेशะ เขาได้เฝ้าทัศนะเทพโสมेशวร แล้วอาบสนานในทีรถะทั้งปวงจนทั่ว และประกอบพิธีกรรมให้ครบถ้วน

Word by Word

• अयने: in the solstice/ayana
• अयने: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अयन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक-निपात

• उत्तरे: northern (uttarāyaṇa)
• उत्तरे: Adhikarana (Time-qualifier/अधिकरणविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; विशेषण (of अयने)

• पुण्ये: holy; auspicious
• पुण्ये: Adhikarana (Time-qualifier/अधिकरणविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; विशेषण (of अयने)

• श्रीसोमेश: Śrī-Someśa (glorious Someśa)
• श्रीसोमेश: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री (प्रातिपदिक) + सोमेश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (श्रीमान् सोमेशः)

• दिदृक्षया: with the desire to see
• दिदृक्षया: Karana (Instrument/हेतु-करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दृश् (धातु) → दिदृक्षा (इच्छार्थक-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; इच्छार्थक-भाववाचक (desire)

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दृश् (धातु) → दृष्ट्वा (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

• सोमेश्वरम्: Someśvara
• सोमेश्वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोमेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• देवम्: the god
• देवम्: Karma (Object-apposition/कर्मसमानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; सोमेश्वरम् इति विशेषण/समानााधिकरण

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्ना (धातु) → स्नात्वा (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

• तीर्थेषु: in the tīrthas (sacred fords)
• तीर्थेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचन

• कृत्स्नशः: entirely; completely
• कृत्स्नशः: Adverbial (प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कृत्स्नशः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (manner adverb)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Someśvara-darśana and Prabhāsa tīrtha-snāna circuit

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śrī Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Gautama stands before Someśvara’s liṅga in a coastal temple, then proceeds through multiple tīrtha pools/ghāṭas performing full snāna rites under the bright Uttarāyaṇa sun.

Characters & Entities

• Someśa
• Someśvara
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra
• Uttarāyaṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage becomes complete through darśana of the presiding deity and thorough tīrtha-snana performed with sincere intention.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra centered on Someśvara (Somnātha), with its network of merit-bestowing tīrthas.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Darśana of Someśvara followed by bathing in the tīrthas (tīrtha-snana) ‘in full’ (kṛtsnaśaḥ).