Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

चतुर्थं त्रिसंगमाख्यं नदीनां यत्र संगमः । गंगायाश्च सरस्वत्याः सूर्यपुत्र्यास्तथैव च

Transliteration

caturthaṃ trisaṃgamākhyaṃ nadīnāṃ yatra saṃgamaḥ | gaṃgāyāśca sarasvatyāḥ sūryaputryāstathaiva ca

Translation

Un quatrième lieu sacré est nommé Trisaṅgama, là où se rejoignent les rivières : la Gaṅgā, la Sarasvatī, et aussi la Fille du Soleil (Yamunā).

Word by Word

• चतुर्थम्: the fourth
• चतुर्थम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (adjective) (कुण्डम्/तीर्थम्) इति अव्यक्तस्य

• त्रिसंगमाख्यम्: named ‘Trisaṅgama’ (threefold confluence)
• त्रिसंगमाख्यम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि (प्रातिपदिक) + संगम (प्रातिपदिक) + आख्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (adjective) चतुर्थम् इति

• नदीनाम्: of rivers
• नदीनाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नदी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural)

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

• संगमः: confluence
• संगमः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संगम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• गंगायाः: of Gaṅgā
• गंगायाः: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गङ्गा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction)

• सरस्वत्याः: of Sarasvatī
• सरस्वत्याः: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरस्वती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• सूर्यपुत्र्याः: of the Sun’s daughter (Yamunā)
• सूर्यपुत्र्याः: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य (प्रातिपदिक) + पुत्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle of emphasis)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic storyteller) addressing Devī

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Trisaṅgama (Prabhāsa)

Type: sangam

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Varānanā (addressed as 'O fair-faced one')

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A luminous threefold confluence: Gaṅgā (white), Yamunā (dark/blue), and the unseen Sarasvatī suggested by a golden subterranean current; pilgrims stand at the meeting waters with folded hands; distant Prabhāsa shrines and coastal light.

Characters & Entities

• Trisaṅgama
• Gaṅgā
• Sarasvatī
• Yamunā (Sūryaputrī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

River confluences are exalted as intensified tīrthas where purification and merit are especially accessible.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Trisaṅgama (the three-river confluence) within the Prabhāsa sacred region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Not explicit here; such saṅgamas typically imply snāna (ritual bathing) and tarpaṇa, but the verse only identifies the site.