Shloka 10 - Adhyaya 123 - Prabhasa Kshetra Mahatmya - Prabhasa Khanda | Vietnamese | Vedapath

Vyasa

Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

तत्र सोमेश्वरो देवः स्वयं तिष्ठति शङ्करः । अब्भक्षैर्वायुभक्षैश्च दंतोलूखलिभिस्तथा । ऋषिभिर्वालखिल्यैश्च पूज्यमानः समंततः

Transliteration

tatra someśvaro devaḥ svayaṃ tiṣṭhati śaṅkaraḥ | abbhakṣairvāyubhakṣaiśca daṃtolūkhalibhistathā | ṛṣibhirvālakhilyaiśca pūjyamānaḥ samaṃtataḥ

Translation

Tại đó, thần Somēśvara—chính Śaṅkara—đích thân an trụ. Khắp bốn phía, Ngài được tôn thờ bởi các khổ hạnh giả sống nhờ nước, những người sống nhờ khí, các Daṃtolūkhali, và các hiền thánh Vālakhilya.

Word by Word

तत्रthere

सोमेश्वरःSomeśvara (Lord of Soma)

देवःthe god

स्वयम्himself

तिष्ठतिstands, remains

शङ्करःŚaṅkara

अप्-भक्षैःby water-eaters (water-fed ascetics)

वायु-भक्षैःby air-eaters (living on air)

चand

दन्त-उलूखलिभिःby those whose teeth are (like) mortars (a class of ascetics)

तथाlikewise

ऋषिभिःby sages

वालखिल्यैःby the Vālakhilya sages

चand

पूज्यमानःbeing worshipped

समन्ततःon all sides

Speaker

Prahasta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Someśvara at Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rākṣaseśa

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Someśvara (Śaṅkara) stands/abides radiantly at Prabhāsa while concentric circles of ascetics worship: water-only sages with kamaṇḍalus, air-only yogins in prāṇāyāma, tiny Vālakhilyas, and other rishi groups offering flowers and mantra.

Characters & Entities

Someśvara

Śaṅkara (Śiva)

Abbhakṣa ascetics

Vāyubhakṣa ascetics

Daṃtolūkhalis

Vālakhilya Ṛṣis

Prabhāsa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A supreme tīrtha attracts the highest tapasvins; Someśvara’s presence makes Prabhāsa a center where asceticism and devotion converge.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Someśvara at Prabhāsa Kṣetra, where Śiva is said to abide directly.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Worship (pūjā/stuti) is implied; the verse highlights communities of ascetics devoted to continuous veneration rather than detailing a rite.