Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 142

Devanagari script

इतिहासमिमं पूर्वं कथयामि तव प्रिये । यथावृत्तं महादेवि सोमवारव्रतं प्रति

Transliteration

itihāsamimaṃ pūrvaṃ kathayāmi tava priye | yathāvṛttaṃ mahādevi somavāravrataṃ prati

Translation

اے محبوبہ، اے مہادیوی! میں اب تمہیں یہ قدیم حکایت بعینہٖ جیسے واقع ہوئی، سوموار کے ورت (نذر) کے بارے میں سناتا ہوں۔

Word by Word

• इतिहासम्: story, account
• इतिहासम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इतिहास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन

• इमम्: this
• इमम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• पूर्वम्: formerly/first
• पूर्वम्: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पूर्व (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययीभावप्राय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb)

• कथयामि: I narrate/tell
• कथयामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथय् (धातु, णिजन्त)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तव: to you/your
• तव: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th case), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• प्रिये: O beloved
• प्रिये: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• यथा: as, according to
• यथा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (manner)

• वृत्तम्: happened, occurred
• वृत्तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वृत् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन; (यथा इति सह)

• महादेवि: O great goddess
• महादेवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (महती देवी)

• सोमवारव्रतम्: Monday vow
• सोमवारव्रतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोमवार (प्रातिपदिक) + व्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (सोमवारस्य व्रतम्)

• प्रति: regarding, towards
• प्रति: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपसर्गसदृशं कर्मप्रवचनीयम् (preposition)

Speaker

Unnamed narrator addressing Mahādevī/Priyā (immediately followed by “Īśvara uvāca”, indicating Śiva as the forthcoming speaker)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Somavāra-vrata (contextual within Prabhāsa-kṣetra māhātmya)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva addresses Pārvatī intimately, beginning an ancient narrative about the Monday vow; a calm, anticipatory storytelling moment.

Characters & Entities

• Somavāravrata
• Itihāsa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Vratas are grounded in sacred memory (itihāsa); hearing their origin with faith strengthens practice and understanding.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader frame is Prabhāsa Kṣetra māhātmya; this verse introduces a legend that supports the sacred authority of Śaiva observances in that landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The Somavāravrata is introduced as the subject of the forthcoming narrative.