Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 37

Devanagari script

अनेकाश्चर्यसंयुक्तं बहुपर्वतमंडितम् । गंगायाः सरितः सर्वाः समुद्रैः सह संगताः

Transliteration

anekāścaryasaṃyuktaṃ bahuparvatamaṃḍitam | gaṃgāyāḥ saritaḥ sarvāḥ samudraiḥ saha saṃgatāḥ

Translation

ഈ പ്രദേശം അനേകം അത്ഭുതങ്ങളാൽ സമ്പന്നവും പല പർവ്വതങ്ങളാൽ അലങ്കൃതവുമാണ്; ഗംഗാ പ്രധാനമായ എല്ലാ നദികളും സമുദ്രങ്ങളോടു ചേർന്നു സംഗമിക്കുന്നു।

Word by Word

• अनेक: many
• अनेक: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनेक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; एकवचन (सम्बद्धं ‘…युक्तम्’ इत्यादि विशेषण)

• आश्चर्य: wonder; marvel
• आश्चर्य: Sambandha (Compound-member/समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आश्चर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; एकवचन (समासाङ्ग)

• संयुक्तम्: endowed/connected with
• संयुक्तम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + युज् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; एकवचन

• बहु: many
• बहु: Sambandha (Compound-member/समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; एकवचन (समासाङ्ग)

• पर्वत: mountain
• पर्वत: Sambandha (Compound-member/समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; एकवचन (समासाङ्ग)

• मण्डितम्: adorned
• मण्डितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मण्ड् (धातु) + इत (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/इत); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; एकवचन

• गंगायाः: of the Ganges
• गंगायाः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गङ्गा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/Genitive); एकवचन

• सरितः: rivers
• सरितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरित् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; बहुवचन

• सर्वाः: all
• सर्वाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; बहुवचन (सरितः इति विशेषण)

• समुद्रैः: with the oceans
• समुद्रैः: Sahakaraka (Association/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: समुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental); बहुवचन

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahakaraka (Association/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सहार्थक उपसर्गसदृश/निपात (prepositional particle)

• संगताः: joined; met
• संगताः: Kriya (Predicative/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + गम् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त); स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; बहुवचन (सरितः इत्यस्य विधेय-विशेषण)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bhārata-varṣa (as sacred field) / Gaṅgā (foremost river)

Type: river

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sweeping panorama of Bhārata: layered mountain ranges, many rivers flowing like silver threads; Gaṅgā depicted as a radiant central river, all streams ultimately merging into the ocean.

Characters & Entities

• Gaṅgā
• Saritaḥ (rivers)
• Samudra (ocean)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Holy places are portrayed as divinely ordered landscapes—mountains, rivers, and seas become signs of sacred presence and pilgrimage merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Vastrāpatha-kṣetra within Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa, described through its wondrous terrain and river-ocean sacred imagery.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the imagery supports pilgrimage, darśana of sacred landscapes, and tīrtha-snānā as implied practice.