Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 64

Devanagari script

गंगासमागमंनाम तीर्थमन्यन्महोदयम् । तत्रालोक्य पुनर्देवीं दीनास्यां दीनमानसाम्

Transliteration

gaṃgāsamāgamaṃnāma tīrthamanyanmahodayam | tatrālokya punardevīṃ dīnāsyāṃ dīnamānasām

Translation

Un autre tīrtha d’une grande auspiciosité se nomme Gaṅgā-samāgama. Là, en revoyant la Déesse—le visage baissé et le cœur accablé—

Word by Word

• gaṃgā-samāgamam: Gaṅgā-samāgama (name)
• gaṃgā-samāgamam: Samjñā (Name/संज्ञा)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gaṃgā (प्रातिपदिक) + samāgama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (‘meeting with Gaṅgā’); द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular), पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine)

• nāma: named
• nāma: Sambandha (Naming marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāma (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; नामार्थक-निपात (particle meaning ‘named/called’)

• tīrtham: a sacred place
• tīrtham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter)

• anyat: another
• anyat: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter) — agreeing with tīrtham

• mahodayam: Mahodaya (name)
• mahodayam: Samjñā (Name/संज्ञा)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + udaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास; द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter) — apposition/name

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

• ālokya: having seen
• ālokya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ā-lok (धातु) → ālokya (क्त्वान्त/अव्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive) — ‘having seen’

• punar: again
• punar: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punar (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरर्थक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb ‘again’)

• devīm: the goddess
• devīm: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular), स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine)

• dīnāsyām: with a sorrowful face
• dīnāsyām: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dīna (प्रातिपदिक) + āsya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुव्रीहि-समास (‘one whose face is dejected’); द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular), स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine) — agreeing with devīm

• dīna-mānasām: with a sorrowful mind
• dīna-mānasām: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dīna (प्रातिपदिक) + mānasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुव्रीहि-समास (‘one whose mind is dejected’); द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular), स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine) — agreeing with devīm

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gaṅgā-samāgama

Type: sangam

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At a confluence called Gaṅgā-samāgama, the Goddess is seen again—downcast, sorrowful—standing near sacred waters as pilgrims and devas observe with concern.

Characters & Entities

• Gaṅgā-samāgama Tīrtha
• Gaṅgā (Goddess)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrthas are not only places but living sacred narratives, where divine emotions and cosmic events sanctify geography.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Gaṅgā-samāgama Tīrtha in Prabhāsa-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated in this half-narrative verse; it introduces the episode connected to the tīrtha.