Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

गच्छ स्वमालयं भद्रे स्मर्त्तव्याऽहं त्वयाऽनघे । यमुनापि तथा चैवं गायत्री सुमनोरमा

Transliteration

gaccha svamālayaṃ bhadre smarttavyā'haṃ tvayā'naghe | yamunāpi tathā caivaṃ gāyatrī sumanoramā

Translation

«Retourne à ta demeure, ô dame de bon augure ; souviens-toi de moi, ô toi sans faute. Souviens-toi aussi de Yamunā, et de même de la belle et très charmante Gāyatrī».

Word by Word

• गच्छ: go
• गच्छ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (singular); परस्मैपद

• स्वम्: one's own
• स्वम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्व (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (accusative, 2nd), एकवचन (singular); विशेषण (qualifier)

• आलयम्: abode, home
• आलयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आलय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), द्वितीया (accusative, 2nd), एकवचन (singular)

• भद्रे: O auspicious one
• भद्रे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), सम्बोधन (vocative, 8th), एकवचन (singular)

• स्मर्तव्यā: to be remembered
• स्मर्तव्यā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्मृ (धातु) + तव्य (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: तव्यत्-प्रत्ययान्त (gerundive/future passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (nominative, 1st), एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (predicative adjective)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम (1st person pronoun), प्रथमा (nominative, 1st), एकवचन (singular)

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम (2nd person pronoun), तृतीया (instrumental, 3rd), एकवचन (singular)

• अनघे: O sinless one
• अनघे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनघ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), सम्बोधन (vocative, 8th), एकवचन (singular)

• यमुना: Yamunā (river/goddess)
• यमुना: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यमुना (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), प्रथमा (nominative, 1st), एकवचन (singular)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), समुच्चय/अपि = 'also'

• तथा: thus, likewise
• तथा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• एवम्: in this manner
• एवम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• गायत्री: Gāyatrī
• गायत्री: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गायत्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), प्रथमा (nominative, 1st), एकवचन (singular)

• सुमनोरमा: very charming/pleasing to the mind
• सुमनोरमा: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु + मनो + रमा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), प्रथमा (nominative, 1st), एकवचन; समासः कर्मधारयः (descriptive)

Speaker

Sarasvatī (instructing remembrance of sacred river-deities and Gāyatrī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gaṅgā–Yamunā–Gāyatrī smaraṇa (portable tīrtha)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Gaṅgā instructs the lady to return home and remember: Gaṅgā, Yamunā, and the radiant Gāyatrī. The imagery can show three presences—two river goddesses and a luminous mantra-deity—forming a protective triad.

Characters & Entities

• Sarasvatī
• Yamunā
• Gāyatrī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Smaraṇa (devout remembrance) sustains spiritual connection to tīrthas and deities even when one returns home.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The instruction occurs within Prabhāsa-kṣetra māhātmya, while also honoring the broader sacred geography of Yamunā and the Gāyatrī tradition.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A devotional practice is implied: remembrance of Sarasvatī and associated sacred powers (including Gāyatrī).