Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 36

Devanagari script

इयं भागीरथी देवी मदादेशादुपागता । विनोदयिष्यत्यनिशं त्वां हि देवि शरीरिणी

Transliteration

iyaṃ bhāgīrathī devī madādeśādupāgatā | vinodayiṣyatyaniśaṃ tvāṃ hi devi śarīriṇī

Translation

Diese Göttin Bhāgīrathī ist auf meinen Befehl hierher gekommen. O Göttin, sie — leibhaftig und gegenwärtig — wird dich unablässig erfreuen und trösten.

Word by Word

• इयम्: this (she)
• इयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• भागीरथी: Bhāgīrathī (Gaṅgā)
• भागीरथी: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भागीरथी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• देवी: goddess
• देवी: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• मत्: my
• मत्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; ‘मत्’ = मम (enclitic/short form)

• आदेशात्: from (my) command
• आदेशात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदेश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन

• उपागता: has come, arrived
• उपागता: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप + आ + गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्तरि-प्रयोग (has come)

• विनोदयिष्यति: will delight/comfort
• विनोदयिष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + नुद् + णिच् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; णिच्-प्रेरणार्थ (causative: will cause to be amused/relieved)

• अनिशम्: constantly
• अनिशम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनिशम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: continually)

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चयार्थ (indeed)

• देवि: O goddess
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• शरीरिणी: embodied, having a body
• शरीरिणी: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शरीरिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying devi/त्वम्)

Speaker

Unspecified (narrative voice implies a commanding deity arranging Bhāgīrathī’s presence)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bhāgīrathī (Gaṅgā) invoked/present in Dvārakā region

Type: river

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A goddess addressed as ‘devi’ (contextually Śrī/Lakṣmī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A divine figure issues a command as Gaṅgā appears personified—radiant, holding a kalaśa, flowing garments like water—approaching the grieving goddess to console her; the setting hints at coastal Dvārakā with sacred architecture and gentle waves.

Characters & Entities

• Bhāgīrathī (Gaṅgā)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine grace can manifest through sacred rivers and tīrthas; the Goddess Gaṅgā is presented as a living, consoling presence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā’s sanctity is implied, and Bhāgīrathī’s arrival signals the consecration of the locale through holy waters.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct rite is stated here, but the presence of Bhāgīrathī typically implies tīrtha-sevā such as snāna (sacred bathing).