Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 59

Devanagari script

स्नात्वा गंगासरस्वत्योः संगमे सर्वकामदे । ये प्रपश्यन्ति केदारं ते यास्यंति परां गतिम्

Transliteration

snātvā gaṃgāsarasvatyoḥ saṃgame sarvakāmade | ye prapaśyanti kedāraṃ te yāsyaṃti parāṃ gatim

Translation

Après s’être baignés au confluent du Gaṅgā et de la Sarasvatī—qui exauce tous les désirs—ceux qui contemplent Kedāra atteignent l’état suprême.

Word by Word

• snātvā: having bathed
• snātvā: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √snā (स्ना-धातु) + ktvā (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive)

• gaṃgā-sarasvatyoḥ: of Gaṅgā and Sarasvatī
• gaṃgā-sarasvatyoḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gaṃgā (गङ्गा-प्रातिपदिक) + sarasvatī (सरस्वती-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वन्द्व-समास (गङ्गा च सरस्वती च); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), द्विवचन

• saṃgame: at the confluence
• saṃgame: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃgama (संगम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• sarva-kāmade: O giver of all desires
• sarva-kāmade: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (सर्व) + kāmada (कामद-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (सर्वान् कामान् ददाति इति/सर्वकामद); पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

• ye: those who
• ye: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (यद्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; सम्बन्ध-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• prapaśyanti: behold, see
• prapaśyanti: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√paś (प्र+पश्-धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present Indicative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन

• kedāram: Kedāra
• kedāram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kedāra (केदार-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• te: they
• te: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम (correlative)

• yāsyanti: will go/attain
• yāsyanti: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √yā (या-धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन

• parām: supreme, highest
• parām: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: para (पर-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying gatim)

• gatim: state/goal, liberation
• gatim: Karma (Destination/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gati (गति-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

Speaker

Pulastya (addressing Yayāti)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gaṅgā–Sarasvatī Saṅgama (near Kedāra)

Type: sangam

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (implicit continuation)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims bathe where two sacred rivers meet; the waters are shown as distinct currents merging. After bathing, they walk toward the Kedāra shrine for darśana.

Characters & Entities

• Gaṅgā
• Sarasvatī
• Saṅgama
• Kedāra
• Parā gati

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purification through tīrtha-snāna and sanctifying vision (darśana) of a holy shrine together elevate the seeker to the highest spiritual attainment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Gaṅgā–Sarasvatī confluence (saṅgama) and Kedāra tīrtha in the Arbuda Khaṇḍa narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) at the saṅgama and darśana (reverent viewing) of Kedāra.