Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

हिरण्या वज्रिणी न्यंकुः कपिला च सरस्वती

Transliteration

hiraṇyā vajriṇī nyaṃkuḥ kapilā ca sarasvatī

Translation

Hiraṇyā, Vajriṇī, Nyaṃku, Kapilā—dan Sarasvatī.

Word by Word

• हिरण्या: Hiraṇyā (a name)
• हिरण्या: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हिरण्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• वज्रिणी: Vajriṇī (a name)
• वज्रिणी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वज्रिणी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• न्यंकुः: Nyaṃku (a name)
• न्यंकुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: न्यंकु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• कपिला: Kapilā (a name)
• कपिला: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कपिला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• सरस्वती: Sarasvatī (a name)
• सरस्वती: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरस्वती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) (continuing narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Pañca-nadī/pañca-srotas associated with Prabhāsa (as named)

Type: sangam

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A stylized presentation of five river-goddesses or five labeled streams—Hiraṇyā, Vajriṇī, Nyaṃku, Kapilā, Sarasvatī—flowing toward a sacred coastal kṣetra.

Characters & Entities

• Hiraṇyā
• Vajriṇī
• Nyaṃku
• Kapilā
• Sarasvatī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The tīrtha tradition preserves sacred geography through named waters, indicating multiple sanctifying channels connected to the kṣetra.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra broadly, via its associated sacred waters and streams.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is stated; the verse functions as a catalog of revered waters for remembrance and later practice.