Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 121

Devanagari script

एवं कृत्वा ततो गच्छेन्महादेवीं सरस्वतीम्

Transliteration

evaṃ kṛtvā tato gacchenmahādevīṃ sarasvatīm

Translation

આ રીતે કરીને પછી મહાદેવી સરસ્વતી પાસે જવું.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषणम्/adverb): ‘एवं’ = thus

• कृत्वा: having done
• कृत्वा: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive), कृ-धातोः: ‘having done’

• ततः: then/thereafter
• ततः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषणम्/adverb): ‘thereafter/from there’

• गच्छेत्: should go
• गच्छेत्: Kriyā (Predicate verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd person), एकवचनम् (singular), परस्मैपदम्: ‘should go’

• महादेवीम्: Mahādevī (the Great Goddess)
• महादेवीम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महादेवी (प्रातिपदिक) = महा + देवी
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), द्वितीया (accusative/कर्म), एकवचनम् (singular)

• सरस्वतीम्: Sarasvatī
• सरस्वतीम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरस्वती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), द्वितीया (accusative/कर्म), एकवचनम् (singular)

Speaker

Narratorial voice within the Māhātmya (deduced: Sūta-like narrator)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mahādevī Sarasvatī (Prabhāsa)

Type: river

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims leave the temple precinct and walk toward the Sarasvatī-tīrtha, where the river is revered as Mahādevī; offerings float on the water as the route continues.

Characters & Entities

• Mahādevī Sarasvatī
• Sarasvatī (river)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

After completing prescribed worship, the pilgrim advances to the next sanctified station—showing dharma as a disciplined sacred itinerary.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Mahādevī Sarasvatī—Sarasvatī as a divine tīrtha within the Prabhāsa sacred landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A yātrā instruction: proceed to Sarasvatī after completing the prior worship sequence.