Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 92

Devanagari script

हरिणी वज्रिणी न्यंकुः कपिला च सरस्वती । पंचस्रोताः स्थिता तत्र मुनिनोक्ता सरस्वती

Transliteration

hariṇī vajriṇī nyaṃkuḥ kapilā ca sarasvatī | paṃcasrotāḥ sthitā tatra muninoktā sarasvatī

Translation

Là, Sarasvatī—ainsi que l’ont dite les sages—se tenait sous la forme de cinq courants : Hariṇī, Vajriṇī, Nyaṃku, Kapilā et Sarasvatī.

Word by Word

• हरिणी: Hariṇī (name of a stream)
• हरिणी: Karta (Subject/appositional name)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरिणी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; नदी/धारा-नाम

• वज्रिणी: Vajriṇī (name of a stream)
• वज्रिणी: Karta (Appositional name)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वज्रिणी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; नदी/धारा-नाम

• न्यङ्कुः: Nyaṅku (name of a stream)
• न्यङ्कुः: Karta (Appositional name)
• Type: Noun
• Root: न्यङ्कु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; नदी/धारा-नाम (पाठभेद/नाम)

• कपिला: Kapilā (name of a stream)
• कपिला: Karta (Appositional name)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कपिला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; नदी/धारा-नाम

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय)

• सरस्वती: Sarasvatī
• सरस्वती: Karta (Appositional name)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरस्वती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; नदी/देवी-नाम

• पञ्चस्रोताः: five-streamed
• पञ्चस्रोताः: Karta (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्च-स्रोतस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण; द्विगु: पञ्च स्रोतांसि यस्याः (having five streams)

• स्थिताः: standing, present
• स्थिताः: Kriya (Predicate/स्थितिवाचक)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; धातु: स्था ‘to stand/remain’

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (स्थानवाचक)

• मुनिना: by the sage
• मुनिना: Karana (Agent-instrument in passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), एकवचन

• उक्ता: called, said (to be)
• उक्ता: Kriya (Predicate participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; धातु: वच् ‘to say’

• सरस्वती: Sarasvatī
• सरस्वती: Karta (Subject of ‘called’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरस्वती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विषय/नाम

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Pañcasrotas Sarasvatī (Hariṇī–Vajriṇī–Nyaṃku–Kapilā–Sarasvatī)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The river-goddess Sarasvatī appears as five luminous streams, each with a distinct hue and flow-pattern, converging across a sandy sacred plain leading toward the western ocean; sages point and name each current.

Characters & Entities

• Sarasvatī
• Hariṇī
• Vajriṇī
• Nyaṃku
• Kapilā
• Munis (sages)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A single divine river can manifest in multiple sacred currents, offering many access-points for purification and pilgrimage merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The pañcasrotā (five-stream) manifestation of the Sarasvatī within the Prabhāsa sacred region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Not explicitly; the verse identifies the tīrtha-streams that pilgrims may approach for sacred bathing and worship.