Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

यत्र गंगादयः सर्वा नद्यो विश्रांतिमागताः । यत्र विष्णुः स्वयं शेते यत्र लक्ष्मीः स्वयं स्थिता

Transliteration

yatra gaṃgādayaḥ sarvā nadyo viśrāṃtimāgatāḥ | yatra viṣṇuḥ svayaṃ śete yatra lakṣmīḥ svayaṃ sthitā

Translation

هناك حيث جاءت الغانغا وسائر الأنهار كلها إلى السكون والراحة؛ وهناك حيث يرقد فيشنو نفسه متكئًا؛ وهناك حيث تقف لاكشمي نفسها حاضرةً—

Word by Word

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बन्धबोधक-अव्यय (relative adverb: where)

• गङ्गादयः: Gaṅgā and others
• गङ्गादयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गङ्गा + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; समासः—गङ्गा + आदि (आदि-शब्देन ‘etc.’)

• सर्वाः: all
• सर्वाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषणम्

• नद्यः: rivers
• नद्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नदी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• विश्रान्तिम्: rest/repose
• विश्रान्तिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्रान्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• आगताः: have come (to)
• आगताः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; उपसर्गः—आ; कर्तरि प्रयोगे ‘have come’

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बन्धबोधक-अव्यय (relative adverb)

• विष्णुः: Viṣṇu
• विष्णुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• स्वयम्: himself
• स्वयम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (emphatic adverb: oneself)

• शेते: lies/reclines
• शेते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: शी (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बन्धबोधक-अव्यय (relative adverb)

• लक्ष्मीः: Lakṣmī
• लक्ष्मीः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लक्ष्मी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• स्वयम्: herself
• स्वयम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (emphatic adverb)

• स्थितā: is present/stands
• स्थितā: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘standing/being present’

Speaker

Devī (Pārvatī) (continuing her query, poetic description)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (sarva-nadī-sannidhāna)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A grand coastal vision: personified rivers (Gaṅgā foremost) arrive and repose at the Prabhāsa shore; Viṣṇu reclines in serene majesty (śayana), while Lakṣmī stands radiant nearby. The sea glows as a universal tīrtha.

Characters & Entities

• Gaṅgā
• Rivers
• Viṣṇu
• Lakṣmī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha is sacred not only by water but by divine presence—rivers, Viṣṇu, and Lakṣmī sanctify the place.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra’s oceanic sacred zone, envisioned as the resting-place of rivers and a seat of Viṣṇu-Lakṣmī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription; it provides theological grounds for why the site’s waters are uniquely significant.