Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

यत्र मन्दाकिनी पुण्या सरस्वत्या समागता । तत्र स्नातो नरो राजन्मुच्यते सर्वकिल्बिषैः

Transliteration

yatra mandākinī puṇyā sarasvatyā samāgatā | tatra snāto naro rājanmucyate sarvakilbiṣaiḥ

Translation

Là où la sainte Mandākinī s’est jointe à Sarasvatī—en ce lieu, ô roi, l’homme qui s’y baigne est délivré de toutes souillures et fautes.

Word by Word

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (relative adverb), स्थानवाचक—‘where’

• मन्दाकिनी: Mandākinī (river)
• मन्दाकिनी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्दाकिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• पुण्या: holy
• पुण्या: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (मन्दाकिनी)

• सरस्वत्या: with Sarasvatī
• सरस्वत्या: Saha (Association/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरस्वती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• समागता: has met, has joined
• समागता: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (PPP), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणवत्/वाक्यक्रिया—‘has come together/has met’

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), स्थानवाचक—‘there’

• स्नातः: bathed
• स्नातः: Karta (Agent described/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त (PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (नरः)—‘having bathed’

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• राजन्: O king
• राजन्: Sambodhana (Vocative/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• मुच्यते: is freed
• मुच्यते: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive)

• सर्वकिल्बिषैः: from all sins
• सर्वकिल्बिषैः: Apadana (Ablative sense in passive/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वकिल्बिष (प्रातिपदिक) = सर्व + किल्बिष
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय (सर्वाणि किल्बिषाणि)

Speaker

Pulastya (continued narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mandākinī–Sarasvatī Saṅgama (Kedāra vicinity)

Type: sangam

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rājan (the king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim-king is shown at a luminous confluence where Mandākinī meets Sarasvatī; sages witness the snāna; the waters swirl together beneath Himalayan cliffs.

Characters & Entities

• Mandākinī
• Sarasvatī
• Kedāra Tīrtha (implied)
• King (listener, unspecified)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Bathing at a sanctified confluence is a purifier of moral and ritual impurity, reinforcing tīrtha as a vehicle of renewal.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The saṅgama (confluence) of Mandākinī and Sarasvatī at/near Kedāra tīrtha in this narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (bathing) at the confluence is prescribed as the key act yielding purification.