Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 70

Devanagari script

दिव्यं सरस्वतीतीरे व्यासेनाराधितं पुरा । आमर्द्दकी नदी यत्र सरस्वत्या सहैकताम्

Transliteration

divyaṃ sarasvatītīre vyāsenārādhitaṃ purā | āmarddakī nadī yatra sarasvatyā sahaikatām

Translation

Sur la rive de la Sarasvatī se trouve un tīrtha divin, jadis adoré par Vyāsa ; là, la rivière Āmarddakī devient une avec la Sarasvatī.

Word by Word

• दिव्यम्: divine, splendid
• दिव्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Nom/Acc, Singular)

• सरस्वतीतीरे: on the bank of Sarasvatī
• सरस्वतीतीरे: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरस्वती-तीर (प्रातिपदिक; सरस्वती + तीर)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Locative singular)

• व्यासेन: by Vyāsa
• व्यासेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Instrumental singular)

• आराधितम्: worshipped, propitiated
• आराधितम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-राध् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे ‘पूजितम्/आराधितम्’ (Past passive participle, neuter sg)

• पुरा: formerly, in ancient times
• पुरा: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• आमर्द्दकी: Āmarddakī (river-name)
• आमर्द्दकी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आमर्द्दकी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Nominative singular)

• नदी: river
• नदी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नदी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Nominative singular)

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय/सम्बन्धबोधक (relative adverb: where)

• सरस्वत्या: with Sarasvatī
• सरस्वत्या: Sahartha (Association/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरस्वती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Instrumental singular)

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahartha (Association/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: सह-अव्यय (preposition-like indeclinable: with)

• एकताम्: oneness, union
• एकताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एकता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Accusative singular)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Āmardakī–Sarasvatī Saṅgama (divya-tīrtha)

Type: sangam

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Vyāsa performs worship on the Sarasvatī bank at a luminous confluence where the Āmardakī merges into Sarasvatī; two streams meet, with a small altar and ascetic presence.

Characters & Entities

• Sarasvatī River
• Vyāsa
• Āmarddakī River

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A confluence and a riverbank become supremely sacred through ancient worship by great ṛṣis and through the meeting of waters.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A divine Sarasvatī-tīrtha at the point where the Āmarddakī unites with the Sarasvatī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is given; the verse highlights ārādhana (worship) performed there by Vyāsa as the model.