Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

तं समर्प्य ततस्तस्मि न्नदी भूत्वा सरस्वती । प्रविष्टा सागरं देवी नारदेश्वरमार्गतः

Transliteration

taṃ samarpya tatastasmi nnadī bhūtvā sarasvatī | praviṣṭā sāgaraṃ devī nāradeśvaramārgataḥ

Translation

Après l’avoir confié, Sarasvatī devint un fleuve ; la déesse entra dans l’océan par la voie de Nāradeśvara.

Word by Word

• तम्: him/that (one)
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• समर्प्य: having handed over
• समर्प्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + √ऋ (ऋ धातु) / समर्प् (धातु-प्रयोग)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive): 'having handed over'

• ततः: then
• ततः: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरवाचक-अव्यय (thereafter)

• तस्मिन्: in that (state/place)
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• नदी: a river
• नदी: Karta (Subject complement/कर्तृसमाना)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नदी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विधेय (predicate nominative)

• भूत्वा: having become
• भूत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (भू धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive): 'having become'

• सरस्वती: Sarasvatī
• सरस्वती: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरस्वती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• प्रविष्टा: entered
• प्रविष्टा: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + √विश् (विश् धातु) → प्रविष्ट (कृदन्त-क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तरि-भाव (entered)

• सागरम्: the ocean
• सागरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सागर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• देवी: the goddess
• देवी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; अप्पोजिशन (to 'सरस्वती')

• नारदेश्वरमार्गतः: by the route of Nāradeśvara
• नारदेश्वरमार्गतः: Apadana (Source/Route/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारदेश्वर + मार्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), एकवचन; 'नारदेश्वरस्य मार्गः' (path/route of Nāradeśvara)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced: Māhātmya narration style within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Nāradeśvara (waypoint) and Sarasvatī-sāgara-praveśa at Prabhāsa

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sarasvatī transforms into a flowing river and moves along the Nāradeśvara route toward the ocean, carrying the aura of a goddess on pilgrimage.

Characters & Entities

• Sarasvatī
• Samudra/Sāgara (Ocean)
• Nāradeśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha is not only a place but a sacred route—Sarasvatī sanctifies the way (mārga) as she moves toward the saṅgama.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Nāradeśvara and the Prabhāsa saṅgama where Sarasvatī meets the Ocean.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription; the verse provides pilgrimage-topography (mārga) within Prabhāsa Kṣetra.