Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

सत्कुलः कर्णिकारश्च पौरुषेयाः प्रकीर्त्तिताः । सोमेश्वरे पुरा सिद्धाः प्रभासे पापनाशने

Transliteration

satkulaḥ karṇikāraśca pauruṣeyāḥ prakīrttitāḥ | someśvare purā siddhāḥ prabhāse pāpanāśane

Translation

ستکُل اور کرنِکار کو پَورُشیہ میں شمار کر کے بیان کیا جاتا ہے۔ پاپوں کو مٹانے والے پربھاس کے سومیشور میں وہ قدیم زمانے میں سِدھ ہوئے۔

Word by Word

• सत्कुलः: Satkula (name / of good lineage)
• सत्कुलः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्कुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—सत् कुलं यस्य/सत् कुलः (कर्मधारय/बहुव्रीहि-प्राय)

• कर्णिकारः: Karṇikāra (name)
• कर्णिकारः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्णिकार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; नाम (व्यक्तिनाम)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• पौरुषेयाः: Pauruṣeyas (descendants of Puruṣa / human-origin)
• पौरुषेयाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पौरुषेय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषण/समूहवाचक

• प्रकीर्तिताः: are proclaimed
• प्रकीर्तिताः: Karta (Subject-complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रकीर्तित (कृदन्त; √कीर्त् (धातु) + प्र + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle)

• सोमेश्वरे: in Someśvara
• सोमेश्वरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोमेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; समासः—सोमस्य ईश्वरः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• पुरा: formerly
• पुरा: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time: formerly)

• सिद्धाः: perfected, accomplished
• सिद्धाः: Karta (Subject-complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सिद्ध (कृदन्त; √सिध् (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त

• प्रभासे: in Prabhāsa
• प्रभासे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• पापनाशने: in the sin-destroying (place)
• पापनाशने: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पापनाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; समासः—पापस्य नाशनम् (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष); स्थानविशेषण

Speaker

Śiva (addressing Devī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Someśvara at Prabhāsa

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Two named figures, Satkula and Karṇikāra, stand as exemplars among the Pauruṣeyas before the Someśvara liṅga; a dark cloud of ‘pāpa’ dissipates into light around the shrine, symbolizing purification.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Prabhāsa
• Someśvara
• Satkula
• Karṇikāra
• Pauruṣeyāḥ

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Prabhāsa is praised as pāpa-nāśana: purification and realization are intertwined, and the kṣetra’s merit is confirmed by past siddhas.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, especially Someśvara, described as sin-destroying.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the verse emphasizes the fruit (sin-destruction and siddhi) tied to the place.