Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

गंगा सरस्वती रेवा यमुना च शतह्रदा । चंद्रभागा वितस्ता च नद्यः सर्वाश्च तत्र वै

Transliteration

gaṃgā sarasvatī revā yamunā ca śatahradā | caṃdrabhāgā vitastā ca nadyaḥ sarvāśca tatra vai

Translation

Dort sind wahrlich Gaṅgā, Sarasvatī, Revā, Yamunā und Śatahradā; auch Candrabhāgā und Vitastā — ja, alle Flüsse sind dort zugegen.

Word by Word

• gaṅgā: Ganga
• gaṅgā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gaṅgā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — नदी-नाम

• sarasvatī: Sarasvati
• sarasvatī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarasvatī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — नदी-नाम

• revā: Reva (Narmada)
• revā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: revā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — नदी-नाम (Narmada/Reva)

• yamunā: Yamuna
• yamunā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yamunā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — नदी-नाम

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/ conjunction)

• śatahradā: Shatahrada (river name)
• śatahradā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śata (प्रातिपदिक) + hradā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — ‘शतं ह्रदानि यस्याः/शतह्रदा’ इति नाम; (समास-प्रयोगः)

• caṃdrabhāgā: Chandrabhaga
• caṃdrabhāgā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: caṃdra (प्रातिपदिक) + bhāgā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — नदी-नाम (Chandrabhaga)

• vitastā: Vitasta
• vitastā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vitastā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — नदी-नाम (Vitasta/Jhelum)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/ conjunction)

• nadyaḥ: rivers
• nadyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nadī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन — ‘नद्यः’ (rivers)

• sarvāḥ: all
• sarvāḥ: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन — विशेषणम् (qualifying ‘nadyaḥ’)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/ conjunction)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण) — ‘तत्र’ (there)

• vai: indeed
• vai: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात; emphasis/assurance)

Speaker

An unnamed Purāṇic narrator within Dvārakā Māhātmya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā (Harijāgara context)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nṛpa (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sacred coastal kṣetra of Dvārakā where luminous personified rivers—Gaṅgā, Sarasvatī, Revā, Yamunā, Śatahradā, Candrabhāgā, Vitastā—appear as divine women offering their waters into a single sanctifying presence near Hari’s shrine.

Characters & Entities

• Gaṅgā
• Sarasvatī
• Revā (Narmadā)
• Yamunā
• Śatahradā
• Candrabhāgā
• Vitastā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dvārakā is praised as a superlative tīrtha where the sanctity of all major rivers is mystically present.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā (within the Dvārakā Māhātmya), presented as a convergence of river-holiness.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly supports tīrtha-sevā such as bathing and worship at Dvārakā, since all river merits are said to be present there.