Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 59

Devanagari script

प्रसादाद्दर्शनं याति तस्य सोमेश्वरः प्रभुः । कपर्दाकारमुदरं यतोऽस्य समुदाहृतम् । ततोऽस्य नाम जानीहि कपर्द्दीति महात्मनः

Transliteration

prasādāddarśanaṃ yāti tasya someśvaraḥ prabhuḥ | kapardākāramudaraṃ yato'sya samudāhṛtam | tato'sya nāma jānīhi kaparddīti mahātmanaḥ

Translation

Nhờ ân sủng ấy, Chúa Someśvara ban cho người ấy được chiêm bái Thánh nhan. Vì bụng Ngài được tán dương là có hình như kaparda (vỏ ốc cowrie), nên hãy biết bậc Đại linh ấy mang danh “Kapardī”.

Word by Word

• prasādāt: from grace; due to favor
• prasādāt: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prasāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Ablative singular)

• darśanam: vision; sight (darśana)
• darśanam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: darśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Accusative singular)

• yāti: goes; attains
• yāti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yā (या धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद (3rd person singular)

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Genitive singular)

• someśvaraḥ: Someśvara (Lord of Soma)
• someśvaraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: soma-īśvara (प्रातिपदिक; सोम + ईश्वर)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (सोमस्य ईश्वरः) (Masculine nominative singular)

• prabhuḥ: the Lord
• prabhuḥ: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (Apposition/कर्ता-समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative singular)

• kaparda-ākāram: having the form of a kaparda (cowrie/coil)
• kaparda-ākāram: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kaparda-ākāra (प्रातिपदिक; कपर्द + आकार)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (कपर्दस्य आकारः) (Neuter accusative singular)

• udaram: belly; abdomen
• udaram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: udara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative singular)

• yataḥ: because; from which
• yataḥ: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बन्ध/कारणवाचक-अव्यय (indeclinable: from which/wherefore)

• asya: of this; of him
• asya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Genitive singular)

• samudāhṛtam: has been stated/declared
• samudāhṛtam: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ud-ā-√hṛ (हृ धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (Past Passive Participle/क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (Neuter nom./acc. singular)

• tataḥ: therefore; from that
• tataḥ: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: तस्मात्-अर्थे अव्यय (adverb: therefore/from that)

• asya: of him
• asya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Genitive singular)

• nāma: name
• nāma: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter nom./acc. singular)

• jānīhi: know; understand
• jānīhi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jñā (ज्ञा धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद (2nd person singular)

• kaparddīti: “Kaparddī” thus
• kaparddīti: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kaparddī (प्रातिपदिक) + iti (अव्यय)
• Form: kaparddī: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (name in quotation); iti: इति-इत्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• mahātmanaḥ: of the great-souled one
• mahātmanaḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahātman (प्रातिपदिक; महा + आत्मन्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय (महान् आत्मा यस्य) (Genitive singular)

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet; māhātmya narrator explaining a name/epithet of Someśvara (Śiva) at Prabhāsa.

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Someśvara/Somanātha at Prabhāsa; epithet Kapardī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee receives Śiva’s darśana at Prabhāsa; Someśvara appears with matted locks and a distinctive rounded, shell-like belly, while attendants and lamps frame the sanctum.

Characters & Entities

• Someśvara (Śiva)
• Prasāda (grace)
• Kapardī (epithet)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine vision (darśana) is attained through grace; sacred epithets preserve theological meaning and inspire devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, with emphasis on Someśvara (Śiva) and the bestowal of darśana there.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated; the verse highlights prasāda leading to darśana and explains the name Kapardī.