Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 80
Devanagari script
सखीभिः सहिता तत्र क्रीडताऽसौ यथेच्छया । आनुलोम्यविलोम्येन दक्षिणेनोत्तरेण च
Transliteration
sakhībhiḥ sahitā tatra krīḍatā'sau yathecchayā | ānulomyavilomyena dakṣiṇenottareṇa ca
Translation
Bersama sahabat-sahabatnya, dia bersuka ria di sana menurut kehendaknya—kadang-kadang mengikut arus dan kadang-kadang melawan arus, ke selatan dan juga ke utara.
Word by Word
सखीभिःwith (her) female friends
सखीभिः:
Sahakāraka (Accompaniment/सह)
TypeNoun
Rootसखी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण/सह), बहुवचन
सहिताaccompanied, together
सहिता:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसहित (कृदन्त; √सह् (धातु) + क्त)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि/भूतकृत्, विशेषण
तत्रthere
तत्र:
Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण
क्रीडताplays, sports
क्रीडता:
Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√क्रीड् (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद
असौshe (that one)
असौ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootअसद्/अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम
यथेच्छयाas she wished, at will
यथेच्छया:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Manner/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा (अव्यय) + इच्छा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्ययीभाव-समास; समस्तपदम् अव्ययवत्; अर्थः—यथेष्टम्
आनुलोम्यविलोम्येनby (moving) with and against the grain (in regular and reverse order)
आनुलोम्यविलोम्येन:
Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootआनुलोम्य (प्रातिपदिक) + अविलोम्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formद्वन्द्व-समास; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; करणार्थे
दक्षिणेनby the southern (side/direction)
दक्षिणेन:
Karaṇa (Instrument/Direction/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootदक्षिण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; दिशावाचक
उत्तरेणby the northern (side/direction)
उत्तरेण:
Karaṇa (Instrument/Direction/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootउत्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; दिशावाचक
चand
च:
Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक निपात
Speaker
Sūta (deduced from Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa māhātmya narration style)
Characters & Entities
M
Mahānadī (implied feminine river form)FAQs
Sacred waters are portrayed as living, divine presences, reinforcing reverence for tīrthas as manifest divine play (līlā).
The tīrtha-region within Prabhāsakṣetra where the river/ देवी is described as moving and sporting.
No direct ritual is prescribed here; it continues the māhātmya narrative describing the sacred landscape.