Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 66

Devanagari script

दिव्यैः पञ्चामृतैस्तोयैः सर्वतीर्थसमुद्भवैः । पुण्यैश्चाकाशगंगाया दिग्गजानां करोद्धृतैः

Transliteration

divyaiḥ pañcāmṛtaistoyaiḥ sarvatīrthasamudbhavaiḥ | puṇyaiścākāśagaṃgāyā diggajānāṃ karoddhṛtaiḥ

Translation

Avec les eaux divines du pañcāmṛta issues de tous les tīrtha, et avec les eaux saintes de la Gaṅgā céleste, puisées par les mains des Diggaja, les éléphants gardiens des directions—

Word by Word

• दिव्यैः: with divine
• दिव्यैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (तोयैः/पञ्चामृतैः)

• पञ्चामृतैः: with pañcāmṛta (five nectars)
• पञ्चामृतैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्च + अमृत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; द्विगुसमासः (पञ्चानाम् अमृतानाम् समाहारः)

• तोयैः: with waters
• तोयैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तोय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन

• सर्वतीर्थसमुद्भवैः: arisen from all sacred places
• सर्वतीर्थसमुद्भवैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + तीर्थ + समुद्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषसमासः (सर्वतीर्थेभ्यः समुद्भवः)

• पुण्यैः: with holy/meritorious
• पुण्यैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (तोयैः)

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• आकाशगंगायाः: of the celestial Gaṅgā
• आकाशगंगायाः: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आकाश + गंगा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषसमासः (आकाशे गंगा इव/आकाशसम्बन्धिनी गंगा)

• दिग्गजानाम्: of the directional elephants
• दिग्गजानाम्: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिक् + गज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषसमासः (दिशां गजाः)

• करोद्धृतैः: with (waters) lifted by (their) hands/trunks
• करोद्धृतैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कर + उद्धृत (प्रातिपदिक; √हृ/उद्धृ क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त/PPP), पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषसमासः (करेण उद्धृतम्)

Speaker

Prahlāda (continued narration, implied)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A ceremonial abhiṣeka: vessels of pañcāmṛta and tīrtha-jala shimmer; above, a celestial stream (ākāśagaṅgā) descends; at the horizons, the four/eight dikgajas raise water with their trunks/hands, sanctifying the rite.

Characters & Entities

• Pañcāmṛta
• Tīrthas
• Ākāśa-Gaṅgā
• Diggajas
• Dvārakā (context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

All sacred waters symbolically converge to honor the supreme kṣetra, showing unity of tīrthas in one pinnacle of sanctity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā is the implied recipient of the abhiṣeka using pañcāmṛta and celestial Gaṅgā waters.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Abhiṣeka using pañcāmṛta and sacred waters sourced from tīrthas and the heavenly Gaṅgā is described.