Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 12
Devanagari script
स्मृतमात्रा तत्र भित्त्वा पातालतलमुद्ययौ । सा नदीरूपिणी देवी तीर्थकोटिसमन्विता
Transliteration
smṛtamātrā tatra bhittvā pātālatalamudyayau | sā nadīrūpiṇī devī tīrthakoṭisamanvitā
Translation
想起されたその瞬間、彼女はパーターラ（地下界）の地表を破ってその場に湧き上がった。かの女神は河の姿を取り、一倶胝（コーティ）のティールタ（聖地）を具えて現れた。
Word by Word
स्मृत-मात्रा(she) being merely remembered / upon remembrance
स्मृत-मात्रा:
Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
TypeAdjective
Rootस्मृत (कृदन्त, क्त/PPP; √स्मृ) + मात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — Nominative singular; तत्पुरुष: स्मृता-मात्रा = ‘merely remembered’ (i.e., on being remembered)
तत्रthere
तत्र:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र (अव्यय)
Formदेशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)
भित्त्वाhaving pierced
भित्त्वा:
Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootभिद् (धातु) → भित्त्वा (क्त्वान्त अव्यय/gerund)
Formक्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund) — ‘having split/pierced’
पाताल-तलम्the netherworld level
पाताल-तलम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootपाताल (प्रातिपदिक) + तल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — Accusative singular; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: पातालस्य तलम् — ‘the floor/level of the netherworld’
उद्ययौrose up
उद्ययौ:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootउद्-या (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद — ‘rose up/went up’
साshe
सा:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — Nominative singular (demonstrative pronoun)
नदी-रूपिणीriver-formed
नदी-रूपिणी:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootनदी (प्रातिपदिक) + रूपिणी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — Nominative singular; तत्पुरुष: नदीरूपा (having the form of a river)
देवीthe goddess
देवी:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootदेवी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — Nominative singular
तीर्थ-कोटि-समन्विताendowed with a crore of sacred fords
तीर्थ-कोटि-समन्विता:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootतीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक) + कोटि (प्रातिपदिक) + समन्वित (कृदन्त, क्त/PPP; √अन्वि/अन्वि-सम्)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — Nominative singular; तत्पुरुष: तीर्थकोट्या समन्विता — ‘endowed with a crore of tīrthas’
Speaker
Narrative voice (continuation of Sūrya’s account within the dialogue)
Characters & Entities
Y
Yamunā (river-goddess implied)P
PātālaT
Tīrtha-koṭiP
Prabhāsa-kṣetraFAQs
Divine forces respond to remembrance and invocation; sacred waters embody concentrated tīrtha-power for purification.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where a river-goddess manifestation is described as carrying tīrtha-koṭi potency.
Implicitly supports smaraṇa (remembrance) and tīrtha-related acts like river contact/bathing, though bathing is not explicitly stated.