Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

विशेषेण स्वर्णरेखाभवस्य च जलस्य च । इदानीं श्रोतुमिच्छामि तीर्थोत्पत्तिं वदस्व मे

Transliteration

viśeṣeṇa svarṇarekhābhavasya ca jalasya ca | idānīṃ śrotumicchāmi tīrthotpattiṃ vadasva me

Translation

പ്രത്യേകിച്ച് സ്വർണരേഖാഭവത്തിന്റെ ജലത്തെക്കുറിച്ച്; ഇപ്പോൾ ഈ തീർത്ഥത്തിന്റെ ഉത്ഭവം കേൾക്കാൻ ആഗ്രഹിക്കുന്നു— ദയവായി എനിക്ക് പറയുക।

Word by Word

• विशेषेण: especially
• विशेषेण: Sambandha (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विशेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-एकवचन-रूपेण क्रियाविशेषण (instrumental used adverbially: ‘especially’)

• स्वर्णरेखाभवस्य: of the origin/source of Svarṇarekhā
• स्वर्णरेखाभवस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्णरेखा-भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुषः (स्वर्णरेखायाः भवः/उद्भवः)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय

• जलस्य: of the water
• जलस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय

• इदानीम्: now
• इदानीम्: Sambandha (Temporal modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इदानीम् (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time: ‘now’)

• श्रोतुम्: to hear
• श्रोतुम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (infinitive), ‘to hear’

• इच्छामि: I wish
• इच्छामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: इष् (धातु)
• Form: लट्, परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष (1st), एकवचन

• तीर्थोत्पत्तिम्: the origin of the tīrtha
• तीर्थोत्पत्तिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ-उत्पत्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुषः (तीर्थस्य उत्पत्तिः)

• वदस्व: tell
• वदस्व: Kriya (Command/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वद् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन

• मे: to me
• मे: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी-एकवचन-रूप (enclitic); अत्र चतुर्थी (4th/सम्प्रदान) ‘to me’

Speaker

Bhojarāja

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Svarṇarekhā-bhava-jala (Svarṇarekhā tīrtha)

Type: river

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sārasvata

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Bhojarāja leans forward in respectful curiosity, asking Sārasvata to narrate the origin of the sacred waters called Svarṇarekhā-bhava.

Characters & Entities

• Svarṇarekhā
• Tīrtha
• Jala (sacred water)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Knowing a tīrtha’s origin deepens faith and aligns pilgrimage with informed devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Svarṇarekhā-associated sacred waters/tīrtha within the Vastrāpatha-kṣetra narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a request for the tīrtha’s origin account.