Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

तदाप्रभृति ये केचित्कुर्वंति भुवि मानवाः । तेऽपि तत्पदमायांति विमलांगाश्च सोमवत्

Transliteration

tadāprabhṛti ye kecitkurvaṃti bhuvi mānavāḥ | te'pi tatpadamāyāṃti vimalāṃgāśca somavat

Translation

นับแต่นั้นมา มนุษย์ใดในโลกประกอบวัตรนี้ ผู้นั้นย่อมบรรลุสภาวะเดียวกัน—มีอวัยวะผุดผ่องดุจโสมะ

Word by Word

• तदा-प्रभृति: from that time onward
• तदा-प्रभृति: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय) + प्रभृति (अव्यय/निपात)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समासः; अव्यय (कालवाचक-सम्बन्धः) — ‘तदा आरभ्य’ (from then onwards)

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• केचित्: some (persons)
• केचित्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + चित् (निपात)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; अनिश्चितवाचक-सर्वनाम (indefinite: ‘some’)

• कुर्वन्ति: do; perform
• कुर्वन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकारः (Present), प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd), बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• भुवि: on earth
• भुवि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भू (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरणम् (locative)

• मानवाः: humans; men
• मानवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• ते: they (those)
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम (correlative pronoun)

• अपि: also; even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपातः) — समुच्चय/अपि-भावः (‘also/even’)

• तत्-पदम्: that state/abode
• तत्-पदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + पद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्म (object) — तत्पुरुषः (‘तस्य पदम्/तत्सदृशं पदम्’)

• आयान्ति: reach; come to
• आयान्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √या (धातु) उपसर्गः आ-
• Form: लट्-लकारः (Present), प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd), बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• विमल-अङ्गाः: with pure limbs
• विमल-अङ्गाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विमल (प्रातिपदिक) + अङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (कर्मधारयः: ‘विमलानि अङ्गानि येषाम्’)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधकः conjunction)

• सोमवत्: like the moon
• सोमवत्: Sambandha (Comparison/उपमान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सोम (प्रातिपदिक) + वत् (तद्धित-प्रत्ययः)
• Form: अव्यय (उपमानवाचक-तद्धितान्तः; adverbial ‘-वत्’ = ‘like’)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sequence tableau: generations of pilgrims performing the same observance at the shrine/tīrtha, emerging with moon-like purity—cool luminous bodies, serene faces, white radiance.

Characters & Entities

• Soma (Candra)
• Somavāra-vrata

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic exemplars become replicable paths: by following the vowed practice, devotees share in the same purification and upliftment.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, whose māhātmya presents the vow as a continuing source of merit for humanity.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

To perform “this observance” (contextually the Somavāra-vrata and associated Śiva worship), promising purity and attainment.