Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 75

Devanagari script

मत्स्यैः सह गताः स्वर्गं देविकायाः प्रभावतः । चैत्रस्यैव तु मासस्य शुक्लपक्षे त्रयोदशीम्

Transliteration

matsyaiḥ saha gatāḥ svargaṃ devikāyāḥ prabhāvataḥ | caitrasyaiva tu māsasya śuklapakṣe trayodaśīm

Translation

By the sacred potency of Devikā, they went to heaven together with the fish. This merit is connected with the thirteenth lunar day in the bright fortnight of the month of Caitra.

Word by Word

• मत्स्यैः: with the fishes
• मत्स्यैः: Sahakarana (Association/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मत्स्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; Instrumental plural

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahakarana (Association/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: सह-योगे अव्यय; postposition-like indeclinable

• गताः: went
• गताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √गम् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘gone’

• स्वर्गम्: to heaven
• स्वर्गम्: Gati/Karma (Destination/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; Accusative singular (goal)

• देविकायाः: of Devikā (river/goddess)
• देविकायाः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देविका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; Genitive singular

• प्रभावतः: by the power (of)
• प्रभावतः: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन; Ablative singular ‘due to the power’

• चैत्रस्य: of (the month) Caitra
• चैत्रस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चैत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; Genitive singular

• एव: indeed
• एव: Avadharana (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय; emphatic particle

• तु: but/and
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/अन्वय-अव्यय; contrastive particle

• मासस्य: of the month
• मासस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• शुक्लपक्षे: in the bright fortnight
• शुक्लपक्षे: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुक्ल (प्रातिपदिक) + पक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; ‘शुक्लः पक्षः’ (कर्मधारय)

• त्रयोदशीम्: the thirteenth (tithi)
• त्रयोदशीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रयोदशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; Accusative singular (date)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Devikā-tīrtha (Prabhāsa-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A luminous riverbank of Devikā at Prabhāsa; fish leap in shimmering water as a celestial path opens upward, suggesting their ascent to svarga; a subtle lunar calendar motif indicates Caitra śukla trayodaśī.

Characters & Entities

• Devikā
• svarga
• Caitra
• śuklapakṣa
• trayodaśī
• matsya (fish)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A holy site’s divine potency can uplift all beings; sacred time (tithi) further intensifies the fruit of devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Devikā (and by context the Devikā–Jāleśvara sacred complex) within Prabhāsakṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse highlights an auspicious observance-time: Caitra month, bright fortnight, Trayodaśī—implying enhanced merit for snāna/worship then.