Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 58

Devanagari script

अस्ति दिव्यं सरः किंचिद्धेमांबुजपरिष्कृतम् । तव श्वश्र्वा जलक्रीडां वितन्वं त्येदमाहृतम्

Transliteration

asti divyaṃ saraḥ kiṃciddhemāṃbujapariṣkṛtam | tava śvaśrvā jalakrīḍāṃ vitanvaṃ tyedamāhṛtam

Translation

സ്വർണ്ണകമലങ്ങളാൽ അലങ്കരിക്കപ്പെട്ട ഒരു ദിവ്യസരോവരം ഉണ്ട്. നിന്റെ ശ്വശ്രു ജലക്രീഡ നടത്തുമ്പോൾ അവിടെ നിന്ന് ഇതു കൊണ്ടുവന്നു.

Word by Word

• अस्ति: there is
• अस्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• दिव्यम्: divine
• दिव्यम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• सरः: a lake
• सरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• किंचित्: some, a certain
• किंचित्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: किंचित् (अव्यय/सर्वनाम)
• Form: परिमाणवाचक-अव्यय (indefinite particle)

• हेमाम्बुजपरिष्कृतम्: adorned with golden lotuses
• हेमाम्बुजपरिष्कृतम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हेम + अम्बुज + परि-स्कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle) ‘परिष्कृत’; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (हेमाम्बुजैः परिष्कृतम्)

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• श्वश्र्वा: by (your) mother-in-law
• श्वश्र्वा: Karana (Agent-instrumental/कर्ता-तृतीया)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्वश्रू (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (वैदिक/प्रयोगभेदेन रूपम्)

• जलक्रीडाम्: water-sport, bathing play
• जलक्रीडाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जल + क्रीडा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (जले क्रीडा)

• वितन्वन्: while arranging/spreading
• वितन्वन्: Karta (Agent participle/कर्तृ)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-तन् (धातु)
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘while extending/arranging’

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/अन्वयबोधक-अव्यय (particle)

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदं (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• आहृतम्: brought
• आहृतम्: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया-विशेष्य)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-हृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘brought’

Speaker

Vidyutprabhā

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Divya-saras (name not specified in verse)

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant, otherworldly lake covered with golden lotuses; a noble woman (mother-in-law) plays in the water (jalakrīḍā) and emerges holding a golden lotus, droplets sparkling like gems.

Characters & Entities

• divya saraḥ (divine lake)
• hemāmbuja (golden lotus)
• śvaśrū (mother-in-law)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred waters are portrayed as sources of divine auspiciousness; contact with such places bestows blessings.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A “divine lake” (divya-saras) adorned with golden lotuses is introduced as a sacred locality within Setukhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit prescription; the verse implies the sanctity of water-sport/bathing in a divine lake.