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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 66

दिव्यैः पञ्चामृतैस्तोयैः सर्वतीर्थसमुद्भवैः । पुण्यैश्चाकाशगंगाया दिग्गजानां करोद्धृतैः

divyaiḥ pañcāmṛtaistoyaiḥ sarvatīrthasamudbhavaiḥ | puṇyaiścākāśagaṃgāyā diggajānāṃ karoddhṛtaiḥ

Mit göttlichen Wassern des pañcāmṛta, entsprungen aus allen tīrthas, und mit heiligen Wassern der himmlischen Gaṅgā, von den Händen der Diggaja, der richtungshütenden Elefanten, emporgehoben—

दिव्यैःwith divine
दिव्यैः:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeAdjective
Rootदिव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (तोयैः/पञ्चामृतैः)
पञ्चामृतैःwith pañcāmṛta (five nectars)
पञ्चामृतैः:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootपञ्च + अमृत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; द्विगुसमासः (पञ्चानाम् अमृतानाम् समाहारः)
तोयैःwith waters
तोयैः:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootतोय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन
सर्वतीर्थसमुद्भवैःarisen from all sacred places
सर्वतीर्थसमुद्भवैः:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व + तीर्थ + समुद्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषसमासः (सर्वतीर्थेभ्यः समुद्भवः)
पुण्यैःwith holy/meritorious
पुण्यैः:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeAdjective
Rootपुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (तोयैः)
and
:
Connector (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)
आकाशगंगायाःof the celestial Gaṅgā
आकाशगंगायाः:
Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootआकाश + गंगा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषसमासः (आकाशे गंगा इव/आकाशसम्बन्धिनी गंगा)
दिग्गजानाम्of the directional elephants
दिग्गजानाम्:
Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootदिक् + गज (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषसमासः (दिशां गजाः)
करोद्धृतैःwith (waters) lifted by (their) hands/trunks
करोद्धृतैः:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeAdjective
Rootकर + उद्धृत (प्रातिपदिक; √हृ/उद्धृ क्त)
Formकृदन्त (क्त/PPP), पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषसमासः (करेण उद्धृतम्)

Prahlāda (continued narration, implied)

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Scene: A ceremonial abhiṣeka: vessels of pañcāmṛta and tīrtha-jala shimmer; above, a celestial stream (ākāśagaṅgā) descends; at the horizons, the four/eight dikgajas raise water with their trunks/hands, sanctifying the rite.

P
Pañcāmṛta
T
Tīrthas
Ā
Ākāśa-Gaṅgā
D
Diggajas
D
Dvārakā (context)

FAQs

All sacred waters symbolically converge to honor the supreme kṣetra, showing unity of tīrthas in one pinnacle of sanctity.

Dvārakā is the implied recipient of the abhiṣeka using pañcāmṛta and celestial Gaṅgā waters.

Abhiṣeka using pañcāmṛta and sacred waters sourced from tīrthas and the heavenly Gaṅgā is described.