Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 99

Devanagari script

देवि सोमेश्वरं लिंगं ये स्मरिष्यंति भाविताः । सर्वपापक्षयस्तेषां भविष्यति न संशयः

Transliteration

devi someśvaraṃ liṃgaṃ ye smariṣyaṃti bhāvitāḥ | sarvapāpakṣayasteṣāṃ bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ

Translation

女神啊，凡以虔心忆念苏摩主林伽者，其一切罪业必得消灭，毫无疑虑。

Word by Word

• देवि: O Goddess
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8/सम्बोधन), एकवचन — Vocative singular

• सोमेश्वरम्: Someśvara (Lord Soma)
• सोमेश्वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम-ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2/कर्म), एकवचन — Accusative singular; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (सोमस्य ईश्वरः)

• लिङ्गम्: liṅga (emblem)
• लिङ्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2/कर्म), एकवचन — Accusative singular

• ये: those who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1/कर्ता), बहुवचन — Relative pronoun, nominative plural

• स्मरिष्यन्ति: will remember
• स्मरिष्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्मृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्काल/Future), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन — they will remember

• भाविताः: devout, intent
• भाविताः: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भावित (कृदन्त; √भू/भावय्)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन — ‘having been made/devout; intent’ (qualifies ये)

• सर्वपापक्षयः: destruction of all sins
• सर्वपापक्षयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व-पाप-क्षय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1/कर्ता), एकवचन — Nominative singular; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (सर्वेषां पापानां क्षयः)

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन — Genitive plural

• भविष्यति: will occur
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्काल/Future), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — it will be/occur

• न: not / no
• न: Nishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (particle of negation)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Pratijna/Predicate (विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन — Nominative singular (predicate)

Speaker

Śiva (addressing Devī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Someśvara (Somnātha)

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī/Pārvatī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee seated in meditation remembers the Someśvara liṅga; within the mind’s lotus a radiant liṅga appears, and dark stains of sin flake away like soot in light.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Devī
• Someśvara (Somnātha)
• Liṅga
• Pāpa (sin)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even mental devotion—smaraṇa of the deity—carries purifying power when directed to the Prabhāsa Someśvara liṅga.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra through the focus on Someśvara (Somnātha) liṅga.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Smaraṇa (remembrance/japa-like recollection) of Someśvara is prescribed as a means to pāpa-kṣaya.