Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

पार्वत्युवाच । श्रुतानि तव तीर्थानि देवेश वदतस्तव । गंगा सरस्वती पुण्या यमुना च महानदी

Transliteration

pārvatyuvāca | śrutāni tava tīrthāni deveśa vadatastava | gaṃgā sarasvatī puṇyā yamunā ca mahānadī

Translation

Pārvatī dit : Ô Seigneur des dieux, j’ai entendu parler de tes tīrtha, tels que tu les décrivais — le Gaṅgā, la Sarasvatī très pure, la sainte Yamunā, et les grands fleuves (et d’autres encore).

Word by Word

• पार्वती: Pārvatī
• पार्वती: Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्वती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Feminine, Nominative, Singular)

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद (3rd person singular, Perfect)

• श्रुतानि: heard
• श्रुतानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु) + क्त (प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Neuter, Nom./Acc., Pl.)

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Genitive, Singular)

• तीर्थानि: pilgrimage places
• तीर्थानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Neuter, Nom./Acc., Pl.)

• देवेश: O Lord of gods
• देवेश: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवेश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Vocative, Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (देवानाम् ईशः)

• वदतः: (of you) speaking
• वदतः: Sambandha (Genitive absolute-like: of you speaking/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वद् (धातु) + शतृ (प्रत्यय)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकाले कृदन्त (present active participle); पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Genitive, Singular)

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Genitive, Singular)

• गङ्गा: Gaṅgā
• गङ्गा: Karta (Item in list/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गङ्गा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Feminine, Nominative, Singular)

• सरस्वती: Sarasvatī
• सरस्वती: Karta (Item in list/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरस्वती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Feminine, Nominative, Singular)

• पुण्या: holy
• पुण्या: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Feminine, Nominative, Singular); विशेषणम्

• यमुना: Yamunā
• यमुना: Karta (Item in list/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यमुना (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Feminine, Nominative, Singular)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (and)

• महानदी: the great river
• महानदी: Karta (Item in list/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + नदी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Feminine, Nominative, Singular); कर्मधारयः (महती नदी)

Speaker

Pārvatī

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gaṅgā; Sarasvatī; Yamunā (as exemplars)

Type: river

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śiva (Deveśa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pārvatī, seated beside Śiva, speaks with folded hands; behind them a symbolic confluence of three rivers—Gaṅgā, Sarasvatī, Yamunā—personified as goddesses with water pots, lotuses, and flowing streams, indicating the universality of tīrtha discourse.

Characters & Entities

• Pārvatī
• Śiva (Deveśa)
• Gaṅgā
• Sarasvatī
• Yamunā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Listening with faith to tīrtha-māhātmya awakens discernment and the desire to understand deeper causes and spiritual potency.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse frames the broader tīrtha-tradition (Gaṅgā, Sarasvatī, Yamunā) as context for the special glory of Vastrāpatha within Prabhāsa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription; the act emphasized is śravaṇa (hearing) of tīrtha-māhātmya from a divine source.