Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

सोमवारव्रतेनैव सोमेशाराधनं प्रति । ततः क्षेत्रं समागत्य तपः कृत्वा सुदुश्चरम्

Transliteration

somavāravratenaiva someśārādhanaṃ prati | tataḥ kṣetraṃ samāgatya tapaḥ kṛtvā suduścaram

Translation

سوموار کے ورت کے ذریعے، بھگوان سومیش کی عبادت کے ارادے سے، پھر وہ اس مقدس کشتَر میں آیا اور نہایت دشوار تپسیا انجام دی۔

Word by Word

• सोमवारव्रतेन: by the Monday-vow
• सोमवारव्रतेन: Karana (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोमवार + व्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• एव: indeed; just
• एव: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निपात (emphasis)

• सोमेशाराधनम्: worship of Someśa
• सोमेशाराधनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोमेश + आराधन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• प्रति: towards; for
• प्रति: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, उपसर्गसदृश-पूर्वपद/संबन्धबोधक (preposition-like indeclinable: 'towards/for')

• ततः: then
• ततः: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• क्षेत्रम्: the sacred place/field
• क्षेत्रम्: Karma (Goal object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• समागत्य: having come/arrived
• समागत्य: Kriya (Prior action/क्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् + आ + गम् (धातु) + ल्यप् (प्रत्यय)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (prior action)

• तपः: austerity; penance
• तपः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• कृत्वा: having done
• कृत्वा: Kriya (Prior action/क्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कृ (धातु) + त्वा (प्रत्यय)
• Form: त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (prior action)

• सुदुश्चरम्: very difficult (to perform)
• सुदुश्चरम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु + दुष्चर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण of तपः

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Someśa/Somnātha in Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee undertakes Somavāra-vrata, then journeys to Prabhāsa and performs arduous tapas—standing in meditation near a coastal sacred grove with a distant shrine of Someśa.

Characters & Entities

• Someśa
• Prabhāsakṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Disciplined vrata and sincere austerity, when directed to Śiva, become a direct means to sanctification in a holy kṣetra.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra (the Prabhāsa sacred region) is presented as the powerful setting for tapas and Śiva-worship.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Observance of Somavāra-vrata (Monday vow) and performing tapas after arriving at the kṣetra.