Adinathena Sharvena - The Radiant Prabhas Kshetra
आदिनाथेन शर्वेण सर्वप्राणिहिताय वै। आद्यतत्त्वान्यथानीयं क्षेत्रमेतन्महाप्रभम्। प्रभासितं महादेवि यत्र सिद्ध्यन्ति मानवाः॥
ādināthena śarveṇa sarvaprāṇihitāya vai । ādyatattvānyathānīyaṁ kṣetrametanmahāprabham । prabhāsitaṁ mahādevi yatra siddhyanti mānavāḥ ॥
PM's MessageThe grand legacy of the sacred Somnath Dham has been awakening the consciousness of every individual for centuries. The divine energy emanating from here will continue to ignite the lamp of faith, courage and self-respect for ages to come.
Meaning of Ādināthena Śarveṇa Sarvaprāṇihitāya Vai
Lord Shiva, in his form as Adinath, for the welfare of all beings, manifested this sacred and supremely powerful region (Prabhas Khanda) through his eternal principle. Bathed in divine radiance, this holy place is where humans attain spiritual perfection, virtue, and liberation (Moksha).
Word by word
- आदिनाथेनādināthena
by the primal lord
आदि + नाथ
- शर्वेणśarveṇa
by Sharva, Shiva
शर्व
- सर्वप्राणिहितायsarvaprāṇihitāya
for the good of all beings
सर्व + प्राणिन् + हित
- वैvai
indeed
- आद्यतत्त्वानिādyatattvāni
the primal principles
आद्य + तत्त्व
- क्षेत्रम्kṣetram
this sacred field
क्षेत्र
- एतत्etat
this
एतद्
- महाप्रभम्mahāprabham
of great radiance
महा + प्रभा
- प्रभासितम्prabhāsitam
illumined
प्र + √भास्
- महादेविmahādevi
O great goddess
महा + देवी
- यत्रyatra
where
- सिद्ध्यन्तिsiddhyanti
attain perfection
√सिध्
- मानवाःmānavāḥ
human beings
मनु
Commentary
This verse praises Prabhasa, the sacred region associated with Somnath, as a place established by Shiva for the welfare of all living beings. The phrase sarvaprāṇi-hitāya makes universal benefit, rather than private gain, the purpose of the holy place. Its radiance is spiritual as well as physical: the place is imagined as one in which human beings may attain siddhi, or fulfilment in disciplined spiritual life. The verse therefore presents pilgrimage as an encounter with a sacred environment shaped by compassion. A tīrtha becomes meaningful not merely through geography, but through the transformation and wider concern it awakens in those who visit it.
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