Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 38

Devanagari script

गतायामथ गंगायामधोवक्त्रं सुलज्जितम् । पाणौ गृह्य ययौ रुद्रं भ्रममाणा गृहं प्रति

Transliteration

gatāyāmatha gaṃgāyāmadhovaktraṃ sulajjitam | pāṇau gṛhya yayau rudraṃ bhramamāṇā gṛhaṃ prati

Translation

Setelah Gaṅgā berangkat, Sang Dewi yang malu—wajahnya tertunduk—menggenggam tangan Rudra dan, berpaling, berjalan menuju kediamannya.

Word by Word

• gatāyām: when (she) had gone
• gatāyām: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/अधिकरण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle) ‘गता’; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; सति-सप्तमी

• atha: then
• atha: Sambandha (Discourse-marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तर-अव्यय (particle: then/now)

• gaṃgāyām: (with) Gaṅgā (having gone)
• gaṃgāyām: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gaṃgā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; सति-सप्तमी (with gatāyām)

• adho-vaktram: with face turned downward
• adho-vaktram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: adhas (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक) + vaktra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; अव्ययीभाव-समासः (अधः = downward)

• su-lajjitam: very ashamed
• su-lajjitam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + lajjita (प्रातिपदिक; √lajj)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त ‘लज्जित’; कर्मधारय (सु+लज्जित)

• pāṇau: in the hand
• pāṇau: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāṇi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन

• gṛhya: having taken/holding
• gṛhya: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √grah (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययभाव (gerund/absolutive)

• yayau: went
• yayau: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yā (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect/परोक्षभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• rudram: Rudra (Śiva)
• rudram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rudra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• bhramamāṇā: wandering, moving about
• bhramamāṇā: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhram (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकाले कृदन्त (present active participle); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• gṛham: home
• gṛham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gṛha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• prati: towards
• prati: Dik (Direction/दिक्)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: prati (अव्यय/उपसर्ग)
• Form: उपपद-अव्यय (preposition: towards)

Speaker

Pulastya (continuing narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: (Unnamed) Śiva-Gaṅgā Kuṇḍa in Arbuda context

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Narādhipa (king; contextually Yayāti)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Gaṅgā, eyes lowered in modesty, gently holds Rudra’s hand; both turn back from the water’s edge toward a celestial abode; the pond and its banks glow with tīrtha radiance.

Characters & Entities

• Gaṅgā
• Rudra (Śiva)
• Devī (Pārvatī implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇas portray divine life with human-like modesty to teach restraint and reverence within dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The ongoing episode belongs to the Śivagaṅgā-kuṇḍa māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse.