Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

इति सोमो मतिं कृत्वा तपसाऽराधयञ्छिवम् । यावद्वर्षसहस्रं तु फलमूलाशनोऽभवत्

Transliteration

iti somo matiṃ kṛtvā tapasā'rādhayañchivam | yāvadvarṣasahasraṃ tu phalamūlāśano'bhavat

Translation

یوں سوما نے پختہ ارادہ کر کے تپسیا کے ذریعے شیو کی عبادت کی؛ اور پورے ایک ہزار برس تک وہ صرف پھل اور جڑیں ہی کھاتا رہا۔

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/वाक्यसमाप्तिसूचक

• सोमः: Soma (the Moon)
• सोमः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; कर्ता

• मतिम्: intention, resolve
• मतिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्म

• कृत्वा: having made/determined
• कृत्वा: Kriya (Non-finite action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having done)

• तपसा: by austerity
• तपसा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; करण (means)

• आराधयन्: worshipping, propitiating
• आराधयन्: Karta (Agent qualifier/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-√राध् (धातु)
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), परस्मैपद; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तृविशेषण

• शिवम्: Śiva
• शिवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्म

• यावत्: for as long as, up to
• यावत्: Sambandha (Temporal marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (परिमाण/अवधि-निर्देशक), ‘as long as/for the duration of’

• वर्षसहस्रम्: a thousand years
• वर्षसहस्रम्: Adhikarana (Temporal extent/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ष-सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक); घटकाः: वर्ष + सहस्र
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कालपरिमाण (extent of time)

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात

• फलमूलाशनः: one who eats fruits and roots
• फलमूलाशनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: फल-मूल-आशन (प्रातिपदिक); घटकाः: फल + मूल + आशन
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विशेषण (of सोमः)

• अभवत्: became, was
• अभवत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/अनद्यतनभूत), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A addressed interlocutor (vocative 'varavarṇinī' indicates a female listener within the frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Soma (Candra) in ascetic posture within the Prabhāsa sacred landscape, living on fruits and roots, performing severe worship of Śiva over vast time; sparse hermitage, sacred trees, and a distant liṅga-shrine atmosphere.

Characters & Entities

• Soma (Chandra)
• Śiva
• Tapas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steady resolve and sustained austerity, aligned to devotion, are presented as a legitimate dharmic means to obtain Śiva’s grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, as the setting where Soma undertakes transformative tapas directed to Śiva.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A tapas-based observance: prolonged worship with a phalamūla (fruits and roots) diet as a form of vrata-like restraint.