Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

यमुना चन्द्रभागेयमियं प्राचीसरस्वती । सरयूर्गंडकी प्राप्ता गोमती पूर्ववाहिनी

Transliteration

yamunā candrabhāgeyamiyaṃ prācīsarasvatī | sarayūrgaṃḍakī prāptā gomatī pūrvavāhinī

Translation

ها هي يَمُنا وتشَندْرَبْهاغا؛ وهذه سَرَسْوَتي الجارية نحو الشرق. وقد وصلت سَرَيو وغَنْدَكي، وكذلك غوماتي، النهر الجاري شرقًا.

Word by Word

• यमुना: Yamunā (river)
• यमुना: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यमुना (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• चन्द्रभागा: Candrabhāgā (river)
• चन्द्रभागा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चन्द्रभागा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• इयम्: this (she/this one)
• इयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• प्राचीसरस्वती: the eastern Sarasvatī
• प्राचीसरस्वती: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राची + सरस्वती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (descriptive)

• सरयूः: Sarayū (river)
• सरयूः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरयू (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• गण्डकी: Gaṇḍakī (river)
• गण्डकी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गण्डकी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• प्राप्ता: arrived/has come
• प्राप्ता: Karta-anvaya (predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र + आप् (धातु) → प्राप्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier)

• गोमती: Gomatī (river)
• गोमती: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोमती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• पूर्ववाहिनी: flowing eastward
• पूर्ववाहिनी: Karta-anvaya (predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्व + वाहिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास; विशेषण

Speaker

Narrator within Dvārakā-māhātmya (contextual voice listing tīrtha-rivers)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā (as sarva-tīrtha-sannidhāna)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A grand procession of river-goddesses arrives: Yamunā dark-blue, Candrabhāgā fair with moon motifs, Sarasvatī with vīṇā and eastward-flowing banner, Sarayū serene, Gaṇḍakī with śālagrāma emblem, Gomati with east-flowing stream—assembling before Dvārakā.

Characters & Entities

• Yamunā
• Candrabhāgā
• Sarasvatī
• Sarayū
• Gaṇḍakī
• Gomati

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic sacred geography teaches that tīrthas unite the spiritual power of many rivers, concentrating merit for pilgrims.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā is implied as the gathering-point where celebrated rivers are envisioned as present.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription appears; the focus is on recognizing the presence of these rivers (tīrtha-darśana).