Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 75

Devanagari script

ता ऊचुर्यमुनातोये दृष्टोऽस्माभिर्यदृच्छया । अज्ञातकुलनामायमानीतस्तव सन्निधिम्

Transliteration

tā ūcuryamunātoye dṛṣṭo'smābhiryadṛcchayā | ajñātakulanāmāyamānītastava sannidhim

Translation

They replied: “By chance we saw him in the waters of the Yamunā. His lineage and name were unknown, so we brought him into your presence.”

Word by Word

• tāḥ: they (those women)
• tāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• ūcuḥ: said
• ūcuḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• yamunā-toye: in the waters of the Yamunā
• yamunā-toye: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yamunā (प्रातिपदिक) + toya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (‘यमुनायाः तोये’)

• dṛṣṭaḥ: was seen
• dṛṣṭaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dṛś (धातु) + dṛṣṭa (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP) कर्तरि-प्रयोगे; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; अर्थः—‘दृष्टवान्/दृष्टः’ (was seen)

• asmābhiḥ: by us
• asmābhiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुषवाचक सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन

• yadṛcchayā: by chance
• yadṛcchayā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yadṛcchā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; अर्थः—‘अकस्मात्/दैवात्’

• ajñāta-kula-nāmaḥ: whose family and name are unknown
• ajñāta-kula-nāmaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a-jñāta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) + kula (प्रातिपदिक) + nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (‘अज्ञाते कुलं नाम च यस्य’ = whose family and name are unknown)

• ayam: this (man)
• ayam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• ānītaḥ: has been brought
• ānītaḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√nī (धातु) + ānīta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि-भावः (has been brought)

• tava: to you/your
• tava: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुषवाचक सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• sannidhim: presence/nearby (to your presence)
• sannidhim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sannidhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

Speaker

Nāga maidens (pannagīḥ)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Yamunā

Type: river

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Nāga maidens at the Yamunā’s shimmering surface discover an unknown prince in the water; they escort him through a luminous river-portal toward the nāga king’s presence.

Characters & Entities

• Yamunā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred rivers become meeting-points of destiny in Purāṇic lore, where unseen divine causes guide events.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Yamunā is referenced as the sacred river where the prince was found.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly, though the Yamunā context naturally evokes the Purāṇic ideal of tīrtha-snān (holy bathing).