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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 54

Devanagari script

त्रिंशत्कल्पैः स्मृतो मासो वर्षं द्वादशभिस्तु तैः । अनेन वर्षमानेन तदा ब्रह्माऽष्टवार्षिकः । आनीतः सोमराजेन सोमनाथः प्रतिष्ठितः

Transliteration

triṃśatkalpaiḥ smṛto māso varṣaṃ dvādaśabhistu taiḥ | anena varṣamānena tadā brahmā'ṣṭavārṣikaḥ | ānītaḥ somarājena somanāthaḥ pratiṣṭhitaḥ

Translation

تیس کلپ سے ایک ‘ماہ’ سمجھا گیا ہے، اور ایسے بارہ (ماہوں) سے ایک ‘سال’۔ اسی سالانہ پیمانے کے مطابق اُس وقت برہما آٹھ برس کا تھا؛ اور سوم راج نے (پروردگار کو) لا کر پربھاس میں سومناتھ کو قائم کیا۔

Word by Word
triṃśatkalpaiḥby/with thirty kalpas
triṃśatkalpaiḥ:
Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Roottriṃśat (प्रातिपदिक) + kalpa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental), बहुवचन; संख्या-तत्पुरुष (triṃśat kalpaiḥ)
smṛtaḥis reckoned/remembered
smṛtaḥ:
Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√smṛ (धातु); smṛta (कृदन्त, क्त-प्रत्यय)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘is considered/remembered’
māsaḥa month
māsaḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootmāsa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
varṣama year
varṣam:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootvarṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन
dvādaśabhiḥby twelve
dvādaśabhiḥ:
Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootdvādaśa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (संख्याशब्द), तृतीया (Instrumental), बहुवचन; ‘by twelve’
tuand/but
tu:
Sambandha (Discourse/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
Formविरोध/विशेषार्थक अव्यय (particle: but/indeed)
taiḥby those (i.e., those months)
taiḥ:
Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम
anenaby this
anena:
Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootidam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental), एकवचन; सर्वनाम
varṣamānenaby the year-measure
varṣamānena:
Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootvarṣamāna (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental), एकवचन; ‘measure/standard of a year’
tadāthen
tadā:
Kāla (Time/काल)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottadā (अव्यय)
Formकालवाचक अव्यय (adverb of time)
brahmāBrahmā
brahmā:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootbrahman (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
aṣṭavārṣikaḥeight-year-old
aṣṭavārṣikaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootaṣṭa (प्रातिपदिक) + vārṣika (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; द्विगु-समास (aṣṭa-varṣikaḥ = eight-year-old) विशेषण
ānītaḥbrought
ānītaḥ:
Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√nī (धातु) + ā-; ānīta (कृदन्त, क्त-प्रत्यय)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘was brought’
somarājenaby Soma-king (Moon)
somarājena:
Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootsoma (प्रातिपदिक) + rājan (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (somasya rājā)
somanāthaḥSomanātha (Lord of Soma)
somanāthaḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootsoma (प्रातिपदिक) + nātha (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (somasya nāthaḥ)
pratiṣṭhitaḥinstalled/established
pratiṣṭhitaḥ:
Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√sthā (धातु) + prati-; pratiṣṭhita (कृदन्त, क्त-प्रत्यय)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘was स्थापित/installed’
Speaker

Skanda (deduced; Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa māhātmya narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Somnātha at Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Somarāja (Moon-god) in a radiant chariot carrying a sacred liṅga or leading a procession to the seashore shrine; Brahmā as a youthful figure in the background marking cosmic ‘eight years’; Somnātha temple being established with Vedic rites.

Characters & Entities
B
Brahmā
S
Somarāja (Candra)
S
Somnātha
P
Prabhāsa

FAQs

Prabhāsa-Somnātha is portrayed as a shrine grounded in cosmic time: the tīrtha’s sanctity is as ancient and authoritative as creation’s own measures.

Somnātha at Prabhāsa Kṣetra (Saurāṣṭra/Gujarat) is explicitly mentioned as established by Somarāja.

No explicit ritual is prescribed here; it records the consecration (pratiṣṭhā) of Somnātha and the cosmic chronology framing it.

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