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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

तत्र काचित्समायाता युवती गजगामिनी । तीरे संस्थाप्य वासांसि गंगायाः श्रमशान्तये । प्रविष्टा च जले नग्ना जलक्रीडां चकार ह

Transliteration

tatra kācitsamāyātā yuvatī gajagāminī | tīre saṃsthāpya vāsāṃsi gaṃgāyāḥ śramaśāntaye | praviṣṭā ca jale nagnā jalakrīḍāṃ cakāra ha

Translation

そこへ、象の歩みのように優雅な若い女がやって来た。疲れを癒すためガンガーの岸に衣を置き、裸のまま水に入り、川の中で水遊びを始めた。

Word by Word
तत्रthere
तत्र:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb: ‘there’)
काचित्a certain (woman)
काचित्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootकाचित् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; अनिश्चित-प्रत्यययुक्त सर्वनाम (indefinite pronoun: ‘a certain’)
समायाताarrived
समायाता:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootसम्-आ-या (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृत् (past passive participle); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘having come/arrived’
युवतीyoung woman
युवती:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयुवती (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
गजगामिनीelephant-gaited
गजगामिनी:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootगज + गामिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/उपमान-निर्देश (elephant-like in gait)
तीरेon the bank
तीरे:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootतीर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; स्थानवाचक (on the bank)
संस्थाप्यhaving placed
संस्थाप्य:
Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसम्-स्था (धातु) + णिच् (causative) + ल्यप् (अव्ययकृदन्त)
Formल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); ‘having placed/kept’
वासांसिgarments
वासांसि:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootवासस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन
गंगायाःof the Ganga
गंगायाः:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootगङ्गा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन
श्रमशान्तयेfor relief from fatigue
श्रमशान्तये:
Sampradana (Purpose/सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootश्रम + शान्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन; प्रयोजनार्थ दत्तिविभक्ति (dative of purpose: ‘for the pacification of fatigue’)
प्रविष्टाentered
प्रविष्टा:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootप्र-विश् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृत्; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘entered’
चand
च:
Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)
जलेin the water
जले:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootजल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन
नग्नाnaked
नग्ना:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootनग्न (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण
जलक्रीडाम्water-play
जलक्रीडाम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootजल + क्रीडा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन
चकारdid
चकार:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
Formलिट् (परिपूर्णभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद
हindeed/then
ह:
Nipata (Particle/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootह (अव्यय)
Formनिपात; कथन-प्रत्यय/स्मरणार्थक (particle, often expletive/emphatic)
Speaker

Vasiṣṭha (continuing the narrative)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gaṅgā (Kāśī-tīra)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dilīpa

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A young woman with graceful ‘elephant gait’ arrives at the Gaṅgā bank, sets her garments on the shore, and enters the water unclothed, playing in the river; the scene is vivid, sunlit, and morally charged.

Characters & Entities
V
Vasiṣṭha
K
Kāśī (context)
G
Gaṅgā

FAQs

It sets the stage for a dharmic cautionary tale: external situations can test inner restraint, especially for renunciants.

The Gaṅgā in Kāśī is the narrative setting, a central sacred geography motif in Purāṇic teaching.

None; the verse is descriptive, preparing a moral narrative rather than prescribing a rite.

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