Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

समाहूता तत्र देवी कपिलधारा महानदी । समुद्रमध्ये साऽद्यापि पुण्यवद्भिः प्रदृश्यते

Transliteration

samāhūtā tatra devī kapiladhārā mahānadī | samudramadhye sā'dyāpi puṇyavadbhiḥ pradṛśyate

Translation

അവിടെ ദേവി—കപിലധാരാ എന്ന മഹാനദി—ആഹ്വാനിക്കപ്പെട്ടു. അവൾ ഇന്നും സമുദ്രമദ്ധ്യേ പുണ്യവാന്മാർക്ക് ദൃശ്യമാകുന്നു।

Word by Word

• समाहूता: was called/invoked
• समाहूता: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-ह्वे (धातु) + त (क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; कर्मणि-भावः (PPP)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: there)

• देवी: the goddess
• देवी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन — Nominative singular

• कपिलधारा: Kapiladhārā (name of the stream/river)
• कपिलधारा: Karta (Apposition/समनाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कपिल + धारा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन — Nominative singular; नाम (proper name)

• महानदी: the great river
• महानदी: Karta (Apposition/समनाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + नदी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन — Nominative singular; समनाधिकरणम् (to कपिलधारा)

• समुद्रमध्ये: in the middle of the ocean
• समुद्रमध्ये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: समुद्र + मध्ये (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययीभाव-प्रयोग)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन — Locative singular; ‘in the midst of the ocean’

• सा: she/that (river)
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन — Nominative singular (pronoun)

• अद्यापि: even today, still
• अद्यापि: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य + अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय-समुच्चय (temporal adverb: even today/still)

• पुण्यवद्भिः: by virtuous people
• पुण्यवद्भिः: Karana (Agent-instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्यवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन — Instrumental plural; ‘by the virtuous’

• प्रदृश्यते: is seen, appears
• प्रदृश्यते: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-√दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kapiladhārā

Type: sangam

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A divine river-goddess rises as a clear stream amid dark ocean waves; only a few radiant pilgrims perceive her. Kapila’s invocation is implied in the background, with Kapileśvara shrine on the shore.

Characters & Entities

• Kapiladhārā
• Samudra (Ocean)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred waters respond to invocation and are perceived through puṇya; darśana is both a spiritual and moral attainment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kapiladhārā, a revered river/tīrtha associated with Kāpila-kṣetra, described as manifest within the ocean.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Invocation (āhvāna/samāhūti) of the sacred river is referenced; no step-by-step rite is given here.