Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

यत्र गंगादयः सर्वा नद्यो विश्रांतिमागताः । यत्र विष्णुः स्वयं शेते यत्र लक्ष्मीः स्वयं स्थिता

Transliteration

yatra gaṃgādayaḥ sarvā nadyo viśrāṃtimāgatāḥ | yatra viṣṇuḥ svayaṃ śete yatra lakṣmīḥ svayaṃ sthitā

Translation

Là où le Gaṅgā et toutes les autres rivières sont venues trouver le repos ; là où Viṣṇu lui-même demeure étendu ; là où Lakṣmī elle-même se tient présente—

Word by Word

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बन्धबोधक-अव्यय (relative adverb: where)

• गङ्गादयः: Gaṅgā and others
• गङ्गादयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गङ्गा + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; समासः—गङ्गा + आदि (आदि-शब्देन ‘etc.’)

• सर्वाः: all
• सर्वाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषणम्

• नद्यः: rivers
• नद्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नदी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• विश्रान्तिम्: rest/repose
• विश्रान्तिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्रान्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• आगताः: have come (to)
• आगताः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; उपसर्गः—आ; कर्तरि प्रयोगे ‘have come’

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बन्धबोधक-अव्यय (relative adverb)

• विष्णुः: Viṣṇu
• विष्णुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• स्वयम्: himself
• स्वयम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (emphatic adverb: oneself)

• शेते: lies/reclines
• शेते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: शी (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बन्धबोधक-अव्यय (relative adverb)

• लक्ष्मीः: Lakṣmī
• लक्ष्मीः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लक्ष्मी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• स्वयम्: herself
• स्वयम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (emphatic adverb)

• स्थितā: is present/stands
• स्थितā: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘standing/being present’

Speaker

Devī (Pārvatī) (continuing her query, poetic description)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (sarva-nadī-sannidhāna)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A grand coastal vision: personified rivers (Gaṅgā foremost) arrive and repose at the Prabhāsa shore; Viṣṇu reclines in serene majesty (śayana), while Lakṣmī stands radiant nearby. The sea glows as a universal tīrtha.

Characters & Entities

• Gaṅgā
• Rivers
• Viṣṇu
• Lakṣmī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha is sacred not only by water but by divine presence—rivers, Viṣṇu, and Lakṣmī sanctify the place.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra’s oceanic sacred zone, envisioned as the resting-place of rivers and a seat of Viṣṇu-Lakṣmī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription; it provides theological grounds for why the site’s waters are uniquely significant.