Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 66

Devanagari script

ततः प्रहृष्टा सा देवी देवादेशात्सरस्वती । तस्माद्गन्तुं समारब्धा प्राचीना पापनाशिनी

Transliteration

tataḥ prahṛṣṭā sā devī devādeśātsarasvatī | tasmādgantuṃ samārabdhā prācīnā pāpanāśinī

Translation

ثم إن الإلهة ساراسفتي، وقد ابتهجت بأمر الآلهة، شرعت في الرحيل من هناك—وهي العتيقة، مُبيدةُ الآثام.

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Kāla (काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, काल/अनन्तरबोधक (adverb: then/thereupon)

• prahṛṣṭā: delighted
• prahṛṣṭā: Karta-anvaya (कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pra + hṛṣ (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (sā/devī)

• sā: she
• sā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• devī: the goddess
• devī: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; sā इति सह समानाधिकरण

• deva-ādeśāt: from the command of the gods
• deva-ādeśāt: Hetu/Apādāna (हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक) + ādeśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन; देवानाम् आदेशः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• sarasvatī: Sarasvatī
• sarasvatī: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarasvatī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; devī इति समानाधिकरण

• tasmāt: therefore/from that
• tasmāt: Apādāna (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन; ततः इत्यर्थे

• gantum: to go
• gantum: Prayojana (प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन् (infinitive), गन्तुम्

• samārabdhā: having begun / set out
• samārabdhā: Karta-anvaya (कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam + ā + rabh (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (sā/devī)

• prācīnā: eastern / moving eastward
• prācīnā: Karta-anvaya (कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prācīna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (sarasvatī)

• pāpa-nāśinī: destroyer of sins
• pāpa-nāśinī: Karta-anvaya (कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक) + nāśinī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; पापस्य नाशिनी (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष); विशेषण (sarasvatī)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Characters & Entities

• Sarasvatī
• Devas (gods)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The goddess-river is portrayed as an active purifier of the world, moving by divine mandate to confer welfare.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Sarasvatī-linked sacred tract within Prabhāsa-kṣetra, in the narrative leading to named tīrthas on her banks.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite; the verse emphasizes Sarasvatī’s sin-destroying nature, implying the merit of contact/bathing.