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

噢，善持净戒者！凡在宇宙之胎藏中存在的一切圣渡处（tīrtha），于毗舍佉月（Vaiśākha）十四日皆趋赴苏摩自在天（Someśvara）。

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).