Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 63

Devanagari script

दामोदरे रैवतके स्वर्णरेखानदीजले । एवं यः कुरुते यात्रां तस्य पुण्यफलं शृणु

Transliteration

dāmodare raivatake svarṇarekhānadījale | evaṃ yaḥ kurute yātrāṃ tasya puṇyaphalaṃ śṛṇu

Translation

Auprès de Dāmodara sur Raivataka, et dans les eaux de la rivière Svarṇarekhā : quiconque accomplit ainsi le pèlerinage, qu’il écoute le fruit sacré du mérite qui en résulte.

Word by Word

• दामोदरे: at Dāmodara (place/temple)
• दामोदरे: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दामोदर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• रैवतके: at Raivataka (mountain/place)
• रैवतके: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रैवतक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• स्वर्णरेखा-नदी-जले: in the water of the Svarṇarekhā river
• स्वर्णरेखा-नदी-जले: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्णरेखा (प्रातिपदिक) + नदी (प्रातिपदिक) + जल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-सम्बन्धः: ‘स्वर्णरेखायाः नदी’ + तत्पुरुष ‘नदी-जल’); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• एवम्: thus/in this manner
• एवम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb)

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्ध-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• कुरुते: does/performs
• कुरुते: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

• यात्राम्: pilgrimage/journey
• यात्राम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यात्रा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• पुण्य-फलम्: the meritorious fruit (reward)
• पुण्य-फलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक) + फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (कर्मधारय-प्रायः: ‘पुण्यं फलम्’); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• शृणु: hear/listen
• शृणु: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

Speaker

Unknown (Prabhāsakhaṇḍa narrative voice; speaker not explicit in the excerpt)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dāmodara (Raivataka) and Svarṇarekhā

Type: peak

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A panoramic pilgrimage: the Raivataka mountain rises with a Dāmodara shrine; below, pilgrims descend to the golden-tinged Svarṇarekhā river for ritual bathing, carrying water pots and tulasī.

Characters & Entities

• Dāmodara
• Raivataka
• Svarṇarekhā River

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred travel (yātrā) gains special merit when performed in prescribed holy places and waters with proper observance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dāmodara at Raivataka and the Svarṇarekhā river waters, within the Prabhāsa sacred landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Undertake yātrā including worship at Dāmodara (Raivataka) and bathing/ritual contact with Svarṇarekhā river-water.