Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 66

Devanagari script

अनेकजन्मकोटीभिर्जंतुभिर्यत्कृतं ह्यघम् । तत्सर्वं नाशमायाति श्रीसोमेश्वरपूजनात्

Transliteration

anekajanmakoṭībhirjaṃtubhiryatkṛtaṃ hyagham | tatsarvaṃ nāśamāyāti śrīsomeśvarapūjanāt

Translation

Bao nhiêu tội lỗi mà chúng sinh đã gây trong vô số triệu kiếp sinh—tất thảy đều bị tiêu diệt nhờ sự thờ phụng Śrī Someśvara.

Word by Word

• aneka-janma-koṭībhiḥ: by crores of many births
• aneka-janma-koṭībhiḥ: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aneka (प्रातिपदिक) + janman (प्रातिपदिक) + koṭi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (anekāni janmāni; teṣāṃ koṭyaḥ)

• jaṃtubhiḥ: by beings
• jaṃtubhiḥ: Kartr (Agent-instrumental in passive sense/कर्ता-तृतीया)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jantu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• yat: whatever
• yat: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक सर्वनाम

• kṛtam: done
• kṛtam: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु) → kṛta (कृदन्त)
• Form: कृदन्त—क्त, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

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

• agham: sin
• agham: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: agha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• tat: that
• tat: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• sarvam: all
• sarvam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण

• nāśam: destruction
• nāśam: Gati (Goal/गति)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• āyāti: comes to / reaches
• āyāti: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √yā (धातु) उपसर्ग-आ (ā+yā)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• śrī-someśvara-pūjanāt: from the worship of Śrī Someśvara
• śrī-someśvara-pūjanāt: Hetu (Cause/Reason/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī (प्रातिपदिक) + someśvara (प्रातिपदिक) + pūjana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष; ‘śrī’ उपपद-पूर्वपद

Speaker

Śiva (deduced from immediate Bhairava/Kālāgnirudra self-references in adjacent verses)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śrī Someśvara (Somnātha) at Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A cosmic ledger of countless births appears as fading script; the devotee’s offering at Somnātha turns the pages to ash-like light, while Śiva’s aura expands over Prabhāsa’s shoreline.

Characters & Entities

• Prabhāsa
• Śrī Someśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional worship (pūjā) of Someśvara at Prabhāsa is portrayed as a powerful purifier that destroys accumulated sin over countless lives.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, specifically the shrine of Śrī Someśvara.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śrī Someśvara-pūjā (worship of Lord Someśvara).