Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 43

Devanagari script

प्रह्लाद उवाच । एवमुक्त्वा जगद्धात्रीं जग्मतुस्तौ यथागतम् । आजगाम च तत्रैव देवी भागीरथी स्वयम्

Transliteration

prahlāda uvāca | evamuktvā jagaddhātrīṃ jagmatustau yathāgatam | ājagāma ca tatraiva devī bhāgīrathī svayam

Translation

Dijo Prahlāda: Habiendo hablado así a la Madre sustentadora del mundo, aquellos dos partieron tal como habían venido; y allí mismo llegó en persona la diosa Bhāgīrathī.

Word by Word

• prahlādaḥ: Prahlāda
• prahlādaḥ: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prahlāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/nominative), एकवचन

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriyā (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• evam: thus
• evam: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (manner adverb: thus)

• uktvā: having said
• uktvā: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव (indeclinable verbal)

• jagaddhātrīm: the sustainer of the world (Goddess)
• jagaddhātrīm: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jagat-dhātrī (प्रातिपदिक; jagat + dhātrī)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (jagataḥ dhātrī)

• jagmatuḥ: the two went
• jagmatuḥ: Kriyā (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, द्विवचन; परस्मैपद

• tau: those two
• tau: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/nominative), द्विवचन

• yathā: as
• yathā: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमान/प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (as/according to)

• āgatam: as they had come (in the same way)
• āgatam: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: āgata (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; ā√gam)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/accusative), एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणवत् (used adverbially)

• ājagāma: came
• ājagāma: Kriyā (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā√gam (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb: there)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Avadhāraṇa (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-निपात (emphatic particle: indeed/just)

• devī: the goddess
• devī: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/nominative), एकवचन

• bhāgīrathī: Bhāgīrathī (Gaṅgā)
• bhāgīrathī: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāgīrathī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/nominative), एकवचन

• svayam: herself
• svayam: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: svayam (अव्यय)
• Form: स्वयम्-शब्दः, निपात/अव्यय (reflexive adverb: herself)

Speaker

Prahlāda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bhāgīrathī (Gaṅgā) invoked/manifest at the locale

Type: tirtha

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Prahlāda narrates: after the two devotees depart, the goddess Bhāgīrathī appears in person—radiant, flowing-water aura, carrying the sanctity of Gaṅgā into the scene.

Characters & Entities

• Prahlāda
• Jagad-dhātrī (Goddess)
• Bhāgīrathī (Gaṅgā)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic tīrthas are established through divine actions; holy waters and goddesses ‘arrive’ to consecrate and uplift the land.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā and its sacred environs, where Bhāgīrathī’s presence becomes part of the site’s māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the verse transitions the narrative to the manifestation of sacred water/presence.