Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 68

Devanagari script

तस्मात्सोमेशनामैवमस्मिंल्लिंगे भविष्यति । यावद्ब्रह्मा शतानन्दः प्रकृतौ न प्रलीयते

Transliteration

tasmātsomeśanāmaivamasmiṃlliṃge bhaviṣyati | yāvadbrahmā śatānandaḥ prakṛtau na pralīyate

Translation

Kaya nga, sa liṅga ring ito, mananatili ang pangalang “Someśvara”—hangga’t si Brahmā, ang laging puspos ng ānanda, ay hindi pa nalulusaw pabalik sa Prakṛti.

Word by Word

• tasmāt: therefore, from that (reason)
• tasmāt: Apadana (Cause/Reason/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी (अपादान/हेतु), एकवचन

• someśa-nāma: the name ‘Someśa’
• someśa-nāma: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: soma (प्रातिपदिक) + īśa (प्रातिपदिक) + nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (सोमस्य ईशः) + नाम-सम्बन्धः; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात) — एव = indeed/only

• am: thus, in this manner
• am: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन; (वाक्ये ‘एवम्’ इत्यर्थे)

• asmin: in this
• asmin: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• liṅge: in the liṅga
• liṅge: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• bhaviṣyati: will be
• bhaviṣyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धा॒तु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• yāvat: as long as
• yāvat: Adhikaraṇa (Temporal limit/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yāvat (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (सम्बन्धबोधक) — ‘यावत्’ = as long as

• brahmā: Brahmā
• brahmā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन

• śatānandaḥ: the greatly blissful (epithet of Brahmā)
• śatānandaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śata (प्रातिपदिक) + ānanda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय (शत-आनन्दः = शतगुण-आनन्दयुक्तः); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन

• prakṛtau: in Prakṛti (primordial nature)
• prakṛtau: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prakṛti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निषेध)

• pralīyate: dissolves, is absorbed
• pralīyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√lī (धा॒तु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Soma (Candra), continuing the boon-result narrative

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Someśvara (liṅga) at Prabhāsa

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva proclaims the boon: the Prabhāsa liṅga is consecrated in name as ‘Someśvara’; cosmic imagery shows Brahmā in meditation above prakṛti, indicating the vast duration of the name’s endurance.

Characters & Entities

• Someśvara
• Liṅga
• Brahmā
• Prakṛti

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The tīrtha’s deity-name and presence are declared enduring across cosmic time, presenting Someśvara as a stable refuge amid vast cycles of creation and dissolution.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Someśvara-liṅga at Prabhāsa-kṣetra (as established in this chapter’s Prabhāsa-māhātmya context).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is prescribed; the verse establishes the perpetual name and sanctity of the liṅga.