Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 57

Devanagari script

नद्यो नदाश्च शैलाश्च वनान्युपवनानि च । पुरग्रामा ह्यरण्यानि सागराश्च सरांसि च

Transliteration

nadyo nadāśca śailāśca vanānyupavanāni ca | puragrāmā hyaraṇyāni sāgarāśca sarāṃsi ca

Translation

Flüsse und Bäche, Berge, Wälder und Haine; Städte und Dörfer, Wildnisse; Ozeane und Seen—alles ist dort gleichsam gegenwärtig.

Word by Word

• नद्यः: rivers
• नद्यः: Karta (कर्ता) — समुच्चित-कर्तृसमूहः
• Type: Noun
• Root: नदी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• नदाः: streams
• नदाः: Karta (कर्ता) — समुच्चित-कर्तृसमूहः
• Type: Noun
• Root: नद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध) — समुच्चय
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

• शैलाः: mountains
• शैलाः: Karta (कर्ता) — समुच्चित-कर्तृसमूहः
• Type: Noun
• Root: शैल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध) — समुच्चय
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

• वनानि: forests
• वनानि: Karta (कर्ता) — समुच्चित-कर्तृसमूहः
• Type: Noun
• Root: वन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• उपवनानि: groves
• उपवनानि: Karta (कर्ता) — समुच्चित-कर्तृसमूहः
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपवन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध) — समुच्चय
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

• पुर-ग्रामाः: cities and villages
• पुर-ग्रामाः: Karta (कर्ता) — समुच्चित-कर्तृसमूहः
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुर (प्रातिपदिक) + ग्राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वन्द्व-समास (पुराणि च ग्रामाश्च); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध) — निपातार्थ
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic/indeed)

• अरण्यानि: wildernesses
• अरण्यानि: Karta (कर्ता) — समुच्चित-कर्तृसमूहः
• Type: Noun
• Root: अरण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• सागराः: oceans
• सागराः: Karta (कर्ता) — समुच्चित-कर्तृसमूहः
• Type: Noun
• Root: सागर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध) — समुच्चय
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

• सरांसि: lakes
• सरांसि: Karta (कर्ता) — समुच्चित-कर्तृसमूहः
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध) — समुच्चय
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

Speaker

A narrator within Dvārakā Māhātmya (speaker not explicit in the excerpt)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A panoramic, symbolic map-like vision of Dvārakā where rivers, mountains, forests, villages, oceans, and lakes appear simultaneously around the city, as if the whole earth’s terrains converge at Kṛṣṇa’s abode.

Characters & Entities

• Rivers
• Mountains
• Forests
• Oceans
• Lakes
• Dvārakā (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The tīrtha is envisioned as a microcosm: the sanctity of all landscapes is gathered where the Lord is present.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā, implied as the place where all sacred landscapes are mystically represented.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a descriptive praise of the site’s all-encompassing holiness.