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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 13

यस्मिन्नहनि पश्येत देवं सोमेश्वरं नरः । सा तिथिर्वर्षमेकं तु उपोष्या भक्तितत्परैः

yasminnahani paśyeta devaṃ someśvaraṃ naraḥ | sā tithirvarṣamekaṃ tu upoṣyā bhaktitatparaiḥ

วันใดที่มนุษย์ได้เห็นพระโสมेशวร เทพเจ้า วันจันทรคติ (ติถี) นั้น ผู้ตั้งมั่นในภักติพึงถือศีลอดอุโบสถตลอดหนึ่งปีเต็ม

yasminon which
yasmin:
Adhikaraṇa (Time)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (यद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (अहनि इत्यस्य विशेषण)
ahaniday
ahani:
Adhikaraṇa (Time)
TypeNoun
Rootahan (अहन् प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन
paśyetshould see/behold
paśyet:
Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootdṛś (दृश् धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद
devamthe god/Lord
devam:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootdeva (देव प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन
someśvaramSomeshvara (Lord Soma)
someśvaram:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootsoma (सोम) + īśvara (ईश्वर)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (सोमस्य ईश्वरः); पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन
naraḥa man/person
naraḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootnara (नर प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
that
:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
TypeNoun
Roottad (तद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (तिथिः इत्यस्य विशेषण)
tithiḥlunar day (tithi)
tithiḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottithi (तिथि प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
varṣamfor a year
varṣam:
Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Duration)
TypeNoun
Rootvarṣa (वर्ष प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (कालपरिमाण)
ekamone
ekam:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rooteka (एक प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (वर्षम् विशेषयति)
tuindeed/but
tu:
Sambandha (Discourse particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, अवधारण/विरोधसूचक (particle)
upoṣyāshould be observed with fasting
upoṣyā:
Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootupa-vas (उपवस् धातु)
Formतव्यत्/य-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (gerundive), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (तिथिः इत्यस्य विधेय) — 'to be fasted (on)'
bhaktitatparaiḥby those devoted to devotion
bhaktitatparaiḥ:
Karaṇa (Instrument/Agentive means)
TypeNoun
Rootbhakti (भक्ति) + tatpara (तत्पर)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (भक्तौ तत्पराः); पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), बहुवचन

Śiva (deduced from Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya dialogue context)

Tirtha: Someśvara (Somnātha) at Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Scene: A pilgrim stands before the Someśvara liṅga, hands folded; a scribe or companion marks the lunar tithi; a calendar motif appears, showing the devotee fasting on the same tithi across the months.

S
Someśvara

FAQs

Darśana of Someśvara is so meritorious that it should be commemorated through sustained devotional discipline (vrata) rather than treated as a one-time event.

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, centered on the worship and darśana of Someśvara (Somnātha).

To observe a fast (upoṣa/upavāsa) on the same tithi of the Someśvara darśana, continuing for one year with devotion.