Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 121

Devanagari script

एवं कृत्वा ततो गच्छेन्महादेवीं सरस्वतीम्

Transliteration

evaṃ kṛtvā tato gacchenmahādevīṃ sarasvatīm

Translation

Nachdem man dies getan hat, soll man sich dann zu Mahādevī Sarasvatī begeben.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषणम्/adverb): ‘एवं’ = thus

• कृत्वा: having done
• कृत्वा: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive), कृ-धातोः: ‘having done’

• ततः: then/thereafter
• ततः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषणम्/adverb): ‘thereafter/from there’

• गच्छेत्: should go
• गच्छेत्: Kriyā (Predicate verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd person), एकवचनम् (singular), परस्मैपदम्: ‘should go’

• महादेवीम्: Mahādevī (the Great Goddess)
• महादेवीम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महादेवी (प्रातिपदिक) = महा + देवी
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), द्वितीया (accusative/कर्म), एकवचनम् (singular)

• सरस्वतीम्: Sarasvatī
• सरस्वतीम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरस्वती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), द्वितीया (accusative/कर्म), एकवचनम् (singular)

Speaker

Narratorial voice within the Māhātmya (deduced: Sūta-like narrator)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mahādevī Sarasvatī (Prabhāsa)

Type: river

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims leave the temple precinct and walk toward the Sarasvatī-tīrtha, where the river is revered as Mahādevī; offerings float on the water as the route continues.

Characters & Entities

• Mahādevī Sarasvatī
• Sarasvatī (river)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

After completing prescribed worship, the pilgrim advances to the next sanctified station—showing dharma as a disciplined sacred itinerary.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Mahādevī Sarasvatī—Sarasvatī as a divine tīrtha within the Prabhāsa sacred landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A yātrā instruction: proceed to Sarasvatī after completing the prior worship sequence.