Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 64

Devanagari script

अनेकजन्मसाहस्रैर्भ्रममाणस्तु जन्मभिः । कस्तां प्राप्नोति वै मुक्तिं विना सोमेशपूजनात्

Transliteration

anekajanmasāhasrairbhramamāṇastu janmabhiḥ | kastāṃ prāpnoti vai muktiṃ vinā someśapūjanāt

Translation

Lang thang qua hàng ngàn lần sinh, trong vô lượng kiếp—ai thật có thể chứng đắc giải thoát nếu không thờ phụng Someśa?

Word by Word

• aneka-janma-sāhasraiḥ: by thousands of many births
• aneka-janma-sāhasraiḥ: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aneka (प्रातिपदिक) + janman (प्रातिपदिक) + sāhasra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (N), तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (anekāni janmāni = anekajanma; anekajanmānāṃ sāhasrāṇi = anekajanmasāhasra)

• bhramamāṇaḥ: wandering
• bhramamāṇaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhram (धातु) → bhramamāṇa (कृदन्त)
• Form: कृदन्त—शतृ (present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तरि

• tu: indeed / but
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), विरोध/विशेषार्थ (but/indeed)

• janmabhiḥ: by births
• janmabhiḥ: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: janman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• kaḥ: who?
• kaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक सर्वनाम

• tām: that (f.)
• tām: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• prāpnoti: attains
• prāpnoti: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √āp (धातु) उपसर्ग-प्र (pra+āp)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• vai: indeed / certainly
• vai: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), निश्चयार्थ (certainly)

• muktim: liberation
• muktim: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mukti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• vinā: without
• vinā: Apadana (Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vinā (अव्यय)
• Form: उपसर्गसदृश-अव्यय (preposition), वियोगार्थ (without); योगे पञ्चमी (with ablative)

• someśa-pūjanāt: from (i.e., without) the worship of Someśa
• someśa-pūjanāt: Apadana (Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: someśa (प्रातिपदिक) + pūjana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (someśasya pūjanam = someśapūjanam)

Speaker

Śiva (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Someśvara (Somnātha)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A weary soul traverses a chain of births symbolized by a wheel; in contrast, the Someshvara liṅga shines as the liberating refuge, with devotees offering worship that breaks the cycle.

Characters & Entities

• Someśa/Someśvara
• Mukti

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Liberation is portrayed as rare across endless rebirths, and devotion to Someśvara is elevated as a decisive means.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Someśvara of Prabhāsa-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Someśa-pūjā (worship of Someśvara) is explicitly emphasized.