Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 46

Devanagari script

ब्रह्मांडोदरमध्ये तु यानि तीर्थानि सुव्रते । सोमेश्वरं गमिष्यंति वैशाखस्य चतुर्दशी

Transliteration

brahmāṃḍodaramadhye tu yāni tīrthāni suvrate | someśvaraṃ gamiṣyaṃti vaiśākhasya caturdaśī

Translation

Hỡi bậc hiền thiện, mọi thánh địa (tīrtha) hiện hữu trong chính lòng dạ của vũ trụ đều quy hướng về Someśvara vào ngày trăng mười bốn của tháng Vaiśākha.

Word by Word

• ब्रह्माण्डोदरमध्ये: in the middle of the Brahmāṇḍa's interior
• ब्रह्माण्डोदरमध्ये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्माण्ड + उदर + मध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (ब्रह्माण्डस्य उदरे मध्ये = in the middle of the cosmic egg's interior)

• तु: but, indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/अन्वयार्थक अव्यय (particle)

• यानि: which (those)
• यानि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक सर्वनाम (relative)

• तीर्थानि: holy places, tīrthas
• तीर्थानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), बहुवचन

• सुव्रते: O woman of good vows
• सुव्रते: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु + व्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/vocative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (सुन्दरं व्रतं यस्याः)

• सोमेश्वरम्: Someśvara
• सोमेश्वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (सोमस्य ईश्वरः)

• गमिष्यन्ति: will go
• गमिष्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √गम् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन

• वैशाखस्य: of Vaiśākha (month)
• वैशाखस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैशाख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• चतुर्दशी: the fourteenth lunar day
• चतुर्दशी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुर्दशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; तिथिवाचक संज्ञा

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Someśvara at Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Suvrate (addressed interlocutor)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A visionary scene where rivers, kuṇḍas, and tīrtha-deities appear as luminous streams and personified forms flowing through the sky toward Someśvara on Vaiśākha caturdaśī; the shrine becomes a cosmic magnet.

Characters & Entities

• Someśvara
• Vaiśākha
• Caturdaśī
• Tīrthas (all sacred places)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred time magnifies sacred place: Vaiśākha caturdaśī is portrayed as a cosmic convergence-point at Someśvara.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Someśvara at Prabhāsa Kṣetra, elevated as a meeting-place of all tīrthas.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Observance/visit on Vaiśākha caturdaśī (an auspicious tithi for tīrtha-darśana and worship).