Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

धारेश्वरात्पुनश्चान्यद्गंगोद्भेदमिति स्मृतम् । सारस्वतं तथा गांगं यत्रैकं संस्थितं जलम् । तस्मादन्यत्परं तीर्थं पुंडरीकं ततः परम्

Transliteration

dhāreśvarātpunaścānyadgaṃgodbhedamiti smṛtam | sārasvataṃ tathā gāṃgaṃ yatraikaṃ saṃsthitaṃ jalam | tasmādanyatparaṃ tīrthaṃ puṃḍarīkaṃ tataḥ param

Translation

Depuis Dhāreśvara, il est encore un autre lieu nommé Gaṅgodbheda, où les eaux de la Sarasvatī et de la Gaṅgā demeurent comme une seule. Au-delà se trouve un tīrtha suprême, Puṇḍarīka, et au-delà encore (un autre).

Word by Word

• dhāreśvarāt: from Dhāreśvara
• dhāreśvarāt: Apadana (Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhāreśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन (अपादान)

• punas: again/further
• punas: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; adverb

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय-बोधक (conjunction)

• anyat: another
• anyat: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (तीर्थम्/नाम)

• gaṅgā-udbhedam: Gaṅgā’s emergence (Gaṅgodbheda)
• gaṅgā-udbhedam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gaṅgā (प्रातिपदिक) + udbheda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी: गङ्गायाः उद्भेदः); पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• iti: thus/“called”
• iti: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इति-शब्दः (quotative particle)

• smṛtam: is said
• smṛtam: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: smṛ (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि/भावे

• sārasvatam: Sarasvat-related
• sārasvatam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sārasvata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (जलम्)

• tathā: likewise
• tathā: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/प्रकारवाचक (adverb: likewise)

• gāṅgam: Gaṅgā-related
• gāṅgam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: gāṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (जलम्)

• yatra: where
• yatra: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सम्बन्ध-बोधक (relative adverb: where)

• ekam: one/single
• ekam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: eka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (जलम्)

• saṃsthitam: is situated/stands
• saṃsthitam: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-√sthā (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणवत् (स्थितम् = 'situated/standing')

• jalam: water
• jalam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• tasmāt: from that
• tasmāt: Apadana (Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुल्लिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन

• anyat: another
• anyat: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (तीर्थम्)

• param: further/next
• param: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (तीर्थम्)

• tīrtham: tirtha
• tīrtham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• puṃḍarīkam: Puṃḍarīka (name of a tirtha)
• puṃḍarīkam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puṃḍarīka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; तीर्थ-नाम

• tataḥ: from there/thereafter
• tataḥ: Apadana (Ablative sense/अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपादानार्थक/क्रमवाचक (from there/then)

• param: next/further
• param: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (तीर्थम्)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gaṅgodbheda; Puṇḍarīka (beyond Dhāreśvara)

Type: sangam

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Likely a goddess/Devī or interlocutor (explicit address appears in v.51; here implied continuity)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim-route tableau: Dhāreśvara in the distance; at Gaṅgodbheda two river-deities (Gaṅgā and Sarasvatī) merge into a single luminous stream; ahead, a lotus-emblem (puṇḍarīka) marks the ‘supreme’ tīrtha.

Characters & Entities

• Dhāreśvara
• Gaṅgodbheda
• Sarasvatī
• Gaṅgā
• Puṇḍarīka-tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Unity of sacred streams symbolizes unity of dharma—different divine currents converge for the benefit of pilgrims.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Gaṅgodbheda (where Sarasvatī and Gaṅgā waters are said to be one) and Puṇḍarīka-tīrtha, following Dhāreśvara.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit prescription is stated; the context strongly implies tīrtha-snāna and worship at the confluence-like site.