Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 108

Devanagari script

षष्टिकोटिसहस्राणि षष्टिकोटिशतानि च । सर्वे सोमेश्वरं यांति माघकृष्णचतुर्द्दशीम्

Transliteration

ṣaṣṭikoṭisahasrāṇi ṣaṣṭikoṭiśatāni ca | sarve someśvaraṃ yāṃti māghakṛṣṇacaturddaśīm

Translation

ساٹھ کروڑ ہزار اور ساٹھ کروڑ سینکڑے—یہ سب ماہِ مाघ کے کرشن پکش کی چودھویں تِتھی کو سومیشور کے در پر حاضر ہوتے ہیں۔

Word by Word

• षष्टिकोटिसहस्राणि: (groups of) sixty-crore thousands
• षष्टिकोटिसहस्राणि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: षष्टि + कोटि + सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; समासः—द्विगु (संख्यापूर्वक-समासः: ‘sixty crores of thousands’)

• षष्टिकोटिशतानि: (groups of) sixty-crore hundreds
• षष्टिकोटिशतानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: षष्टि + कोटि + शत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; समासः—द्विगु (संख्यापूर्वक-समासः: ‘sixty crores of hundreds’)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय-बोधक (conjunction)

• सर्वे: all (of them)
• सर्वे: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सर्वनामसदृश-विशेषणप्रयोगः (used substantively: ‘all’)

• सोमेश्वरम्: Someśvara
• सोमेश्वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष

• यान्ति: they go
• यान्ति: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम

• माघकृष्णचतुर्दशीम्: the fourteenth day of the dark fortnight of Māgha
• माघकृष्णचतुर्दशीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माघ + कृष्ण + चतुर्दशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (माघस्य कृष्णपक्षस्य चतुर्दशी)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (contextual attribution within Māhātmya narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Someśvara/Somnātha (Prabhāsa-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (explicitly addressed later in the sequence)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A vast throng of pilgrims converges on the Somnātha shrine under a Māgha night sky; lamps, conches, and banners; the liṅga sanctum glowing as devotees arrive on kṛṣṇa caturdaśī.

Characters & Entities

• Someśvara
• Māgha
• Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī (14th tithi of dark fortnight)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred time amplifies sacred place—Māgha kṛṣṇa caturdaśī is portrayed as a powerful occasion for Someshvara darśana.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Someśvara at Prabhāsa-kṣetra, especially in connection with Māgha kṛṣṇa caturdaśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pilgrimage/going for darśana to Someśvara on Māgha kṛṣṇa caturdaśī is explicitly indicated.