Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

मोहेन महताऽविष्टाः कामोपहतबुद्धयः । सोमनाथमपश्यंतो यास्यंति नरकं नराः

Transliteration

mohena mahatā'viṣṭāḥ kāmopahatabuddhayaḥ | somanāthamapaśyaṃto yāsyaṃti narakaṃ narāḥ

Translation

بڑے فریب میں گرفتار، خواہش نے جن کی عقل کو پامال کر دیا، ایسے لوگ—سومناتھ کے درشن سے محروم رہ کر—نرک کو جائیں گے۔

Word by Word

• मोहेन: by delusion
• मोहेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• महतā: great
• महतā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग-तृतीया एकवचन (Instrumental/3rd, Singular); विशेषणम्—मोहेन

• आविष्टाः: possessed/overcome
• आविष्टाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ+विश् (धातु) → आविष्ट (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); भूतकर्मणि/भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle)

• कामोपहतबुद्धयः: men whose intellect is impaired by desire
• कामोपहतबुद्धयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम (प्रातिपदिक) + उपहत (उप+हन् धातु → क्त-कृदन्त) + बुद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः/कर्मधारय-प्रायः—‘कामेन उपहता बुद्धिः येषाम्’ (those whose intellect is struck by desire)

• सोमनाथम्: Somanātha (Śiva)
• सोमनाथम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोमनाथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• अपश्यन्तः: not seeing
• अपश्यन्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ+पश् (धातु) → पश्यत् (शतृ-प्रत्यय, वर्तमान-कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); वर्तमानकालिक-कर्तरि (present active participle)

• यास्यन्ति: will go
• यास्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural); परस्मैपदम्

• नरकम्: to hell
• नरकम्: Gati/Karma (Destination as object/गति-कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• नराः: men
• नराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

Speaker

Śrī Bhagavatī (contextual continuation)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Somanātha (Prabhāsa)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Implied audience within Prabhāsa-māhātmya

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A moral-vision tableau: men clouded by delusion and desire turn away from the radiant Somanātha shrine; the path behind them darkens toward naraka, while the temple glows as the missed refuge.

Characters & Entities

• Somanātha
• Naraka (hell)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Desire and delusion obstruct sacred vision; liberation-oriented pilgrimage requires clarity, restraint, and devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Somanātha at Prabhāsakṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated; the emphasis is on obtaining Somanātha-darśana and avoiding delusion-driven distraction.