Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 183

Devanagari script

सोमवारव्रतेनेशं समाराधय शंकरम् । एवं कृते व्याधिनाशस्तव पुत्र्या भविष्यति

Transliteration

somavāravrateneśaṃ samārādhaya śaṃkaram | evaṃ kṛte vyādhināśastava putryā bhaviṣyati

Translation

“پیر (سوموار) کے ورت کے ذریعے پورے بھکتی بھاؤ سے پرمیشور شنکر کی آرادھنا کرو۔ ایسا کرنے سے تمہاری بیٹی کی بیماری کا ناس یقیناً ہو جائے گا۔”

Word by Word

• सोमवार-व्रतेन: by the Monday-vow
• सोमवार-व्रतेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोमवार + व्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; instrumental singular neuter; (सोमवारे यत् व्रतम्)

• ईशम्: the Lord
• ईशम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; accusative singular masculine

• समाराधय: worship, propitiate
• समाराधय: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + आ + राध् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (आज्ञार्थ/imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन; 2nd person singular imperative

• शंकरम्: Śaṅkara
• शंकरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शंकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; accusative singular masculine; ईशम् इति समानााधिकरण (apposition)

• एवम्: thus, in this way
• एवम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (manner adverb)

• कृते: when (it is) done
• कृते: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/सप्तमी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय; past passive participle) ‘done’; सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन, नपुंसकलिङ्ग; locative absolute sense ‘when this is done’

• व्याधि-नाशः: destruction of disease
• व्याधि-नाशः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्याधि + नाश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; nominative singular masculine

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; genitive singular (pronoun)

• पुत्र्याः: of (your) daughter
• पुत्र्याः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; genitive singular feminine

• भविष्यति: will be, will occur
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (भविष्यत्/Future), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; 3rd person singular simple future

Speaker

Gośṛṅga (sage)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Somēśvara at Prabhāsa (Somnātha)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: The concerned parent (Gandharva figure in the narrative)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage or authority figure instructs a worried parent: ‘Worship Śaṅkara by the Monday vow’; the emotional center is compassion for the diseased daughter and faith in Śiva’s grace.

Characters & Entities

• Somavāra-vrata
• Īśa
• Śaṅkara
• Daughter of the Gandharva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion disciplined by vrata is presented as a dhārmic path to both spiritual favor and the easing of worldly suffering.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Someshvara in Prabhāsa-kṣetra, approached through Śaṅkara worship and the Somavāra observance.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Observe Somavāra-vrata (Monday vow/fast) and propitiate Śaṅkara; the promised fruit is the removal of disease.