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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 17

चन्द्रभागा च गंगा च तथा यत्र सरस्वती । देवास्ते न मनुष्यास्ते तिस्रो नद्यः पिबन्ति ये

candrabhāgā ca gaṃgā ca tathā yatra sarasvatī | devāste na manuṣyāste tisro nadyaḥ pibanti ye

Là où se trouvent Candrabhāgā et la Gaṅgā, ainsi que Sarasvatī, ceux qui boivent de ces trois fleuves sont des dieux, non des hommes.

चन्द्रभागाCandrabhāgā (river)
चन्द्रभागा:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootचन्द्रभागा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
and
:
Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)
गङ्गाGaṅgā
गङ्गा:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootगङ्गा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
and
:
Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)
तथाlikewise
तथा:
Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; प्रकार/समुच्चयार्थक (adverb: ‘likewise/also’)
यत्रwhere
यत्र:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयत्र (अव्यय)
Formदेशवाचक-अव्यय (relative adverb: ‘where’)
सरस्वतीSarasvatī
सरस्वती:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootसरस्वती (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
देवाःgods
देवाः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन
तेthey/those
ते:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम
not
:
Pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formनिषेध-अव्यय
मनुष्याःhumans
मनुष्याः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootमनुष्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन
तेthey/those
ते:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम
तिस्रःthree
तिस्रः:
Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootत्रि (संख्याप्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; संख्यावाचक-विशेषण (to ‘नद्यः’)
नद्यःrivers
नद्यः:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootनदी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन
पिबन्तिdrink
पिबन्ति:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√पा (धातु)
Formलट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद
येwho
ये:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक-सर्वनाम

Skanda (deduced)

Tirtha: Sarasvatī (Prabhāsa region) with Candrabhāgā and Gaṅgā invoked as a tri-river presence

Type: sangam

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Scene: A luminous confluence landscape: three river-streams personified as goddesses merging near the sea; pilgrims cup water in their palms, their bodies subtly radiant, suggesting deva-hood.

C
Candrabhāgā
G
Gaṅgā
S
Sarasvatī
P
Prabhāsa

FAQs

Tīrtha-water is portrayed as transformative: contact with multiple sacred rivers elevates human life toward the divine.

A sacred locale associated with Candrabhāgā, Gaṅgā, and Sarasvatī in the Prabhāsa Māhātmya framework.

Pāna—drinking the waters of the sacred rivers (a common tīrtha practice), though details are not elaborated.