Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 55

Devanagari script

ततो दुःखं परित्यज्य तत्र प्राची सरस्वती । सर्वदेवगुणैयुक्ता एवं तत्र स्थिताऽभवत्

Transliteration

tato duḥkhaṃ parityajya tatra prācī sarasvatī | sarvadevaguṇaiyuktā evaṃ tatra sthitā'bhavat

Translation

Alors, rejetant sa peine, Sarasvatī—dont le cours se tourne vers l’est—demeura en ce lieu, pourvue des vertus de tous les dieux ; ainsi resta-t-elle là.

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then, thereafter
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — 'thereupon/then'

• duḥkham: sorrow, suffering
• duḥkham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: duḥkha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• parityajya: having abandoned
• parityajya: Kriya (Non-finite verbal qualifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pari-tyaj (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (अव्ययभाव) — Absolutive/Gerund; 'having abandoned'

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक) — locative adverb 'there'

• prācī: eastern, east-flowing
• prācī: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prācī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (eastward/eastern)

• sarasvatī: Sarasvatī (river/goddess)
• sarasvatī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarasvatī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• sarva-deva-guṇaiḥ-yuktā: endowed with the qualities of all the gods
• sarva-deva-guṇaiḥ-yuktā: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + deva (प्रातिपदिक) + guṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + yukta (कृदन्त, √yuj)
• Form: समास: (sarvadeva-guṇaiḥ) तृतीया-तत्पुरुष (instrumental relation) + युक्ता (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन)

• evaṃ: thus
• evaṃ: Kriya (Manner adverb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evaṃ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (प्रकारवाचक) — 'thus/in this manner'

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक) — 'there'

• sthitā: situated, standing
• sthitā: Karta (Subject complement/कर्तृसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sthā (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; 'having stood/being situated'

• abhavat: became, was
• abhavat: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sarasvatī-sannidhāna in Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sarasvatī’s tears cease; she stands serene, a gentle eastward current forming beside her, her aura now radiant with the ‘virtues of all gods’.

Characters & Entities

• Sarasvatī
• Sarvadevas (all gods)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When grief is relinquished through divine connection, sacred presence becomes stable—turning a location into an enduring tīrtha-field of auspicious qualities.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse emphasizes Sarasvatī’s established presence in the Prabhāsa region, preparing the ground for the tīrthas that follow.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it describes Sarasvatī’s settled, sanctifying state.