Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

दृष्ट्वा तमृषयो देवा यथोचितमपूजयन् । जाह्नवी यमुना पुण्या नर्मदा च सरस्वती

Transliteration

dṛṣṭvā tamṛṣayo devā yathocitamapūjayan | jāhnavī yamunā puṇyā narmadā ca sarasvatī

Translation

त्यांना पाहून ऋषी व देवांनी यथोचित पूजन केले; तेथे जाह्नवी (गंगा), यमुना, पुण्य नर्मदा आणि सरस्वतीही उपस्थित होत्या।

Word by Word

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive), ‘having seen’

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• ऋषयः: sages
• ऋषयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन

• देवाः: gods
• देवाः: Karta (co-subject/सहकर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन

• यथोचितम्: as appropriate
• यथोचितम्: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा + उचित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb): ‘as is proper’

• अपूजयन्: worshipped; honored
• अपूजयन्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• जाह्नवी: Jāhnavī (Gaṅgā)
• जाह्नवी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जाह्नवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• यमुना: Yamunā
• यमुना: Karta (co-subject/सहकर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यमुना (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• पुण्या: holy
• पुण्या: Karta (as qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (यमुना-विशेषण)

• नर्मदा: Narmadā
• नर्मदा: Karta (co-subject/सहकर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर्मदा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

• सरस्वती: Sarasvatī
• सरस्वती: Karta (co-subject/सहकर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरस्वती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Prahlāda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Pan-tīrtha-sammelana at Prabhāsa/Dvārakā (implied)

Type: sangam

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Not specified in excerpt

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Gautama stands honored; around him, sages and devas offer arghya and flowers. The great rivers appear as divine women with their vahanas/symbols—Gaṅgā with makara, Yamunā with tortoise, Narmadā with lotus/river-pot, Sarasvatī with vīṇā—forming a luminous circle of waters.

Characters & Entities

• Gautama
• Jāhnavī (Gaṅgā)
• Yamunā
• Narmadā
• Sarasvatī
• Ṛṣis
• Devas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Reverence to realized sages is inseparable from reverence to tīrthas; both are carriers of purification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse highlights pan-Indian tīrthas through the presence of major sacred rivers within the Dvārakā Māhātmya narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, honoring (pūjā) of sages and tīrtha-deities is commended; no detailed procedure is specified.