Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

न्यंकुमत्याः समीपे तु सर्वपातकनाशने । तत्रकल्पांतरस्थायी स्वयं तिष्ठति केशवः

Transliteration

nyaṃkumatyāḥ samīpe tu sarvapātakanāśane | tatrakalpāṃtarasthāyī svayaṃ tiṣṭhati keśavaḥ

Translation

Près de la Nyaṅkumatī — destructrice de toutes les fautes — Keśava Lui-même demeure en ce lieu, subsistant à travers les kalpas successifs.

Word by Word

• न्यंकुमत्याः: of Nyaṃkumatī (river/place)
• न्यंकुमत्याः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: न्यंकुमती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• समीपे: near
• समीपे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: समीप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; अव्ययीभावार्थे ‘near’

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle), विरोध/अन्वयार्थक ‘but/indeed’

• सर्वपातकनाशने: in/at the destroyer of all sins (holy place)
• सर्वपातकनाशने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + पातक + नाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; समासः—(सर्वाणि पातकानि) नाशयति इति नाशनम्; ‘in the destroyer of all sins’ (place/spot)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• कल्पान्तरस्थायी: abiding through another aeon (for a whole kalpa-cycle)
• कल्पान्तरस्थायी: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कल्प + अन्तर + स्थायिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifier) केशवस्य; समासः—कल्पान्तरं यावत् स्थायी

• स्वयम्: personally/by himself
• स्वयम्: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb) ‘by oneself’

• तिष्ठति: stands/remains
• तिष्ठति: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• केशवः: Keśava (Viṣṇu)
• केशवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: केशव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Nyaṅkumatī (river) / Nārāyaṇa-gṛha vicinity

Type: river

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant Keśava stands or is enshrined beside the Nyaṅkumatī; the river flows with luminous, purifying light; time is symbolized by layered kalpa-wheels or cosmic cycles behind the deity, indicating endurance through aeons.

Characters & Entities

• Nyaṅkumatī River
• Keśava (Viṣṇu)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The tīrtha is not merely symbolic; the deity’s presence is portrayed as enduring and the site as intrinsically sin-destroying.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Nyaṅkumatī vicinity and the Nārāyaṇagṛha/Keśava abode in Prabhāsa Kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite; the verse establishes the sanctity and salvific nature of the place.