Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 42

Devanagari script

तस्थौ तत्र मुनिश्रेष्ठो ह्यरुंधत्या समन्वितः । गोमतीमानयामास तपसा मुनिसत्तमः

Transliteration

tasthau tatra muniśreṣṭho hyaruṃdhatyā samanvitaḥ | gomatīmānayāmāsa tapasā munisattamaḥ

Translation

ସେଠାରେ ମୁନିଶ୍ରେଷ୍ଠ ଅରୁନ୍ଧତୀ ସହିତ ବାସ କଲେ; ଏବଂ ତପସ୍ୟାର ପ୍ରଭାବରେ ସେ ମୁନିସତ୍ତମ ଗୋମତୀ (ନଦୀ)କୁ ସେଠାକୁ ଆଣିଲେ।

Word by Word

• तस्थौ: stood; remained
• तस्थौ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — Perfect, 3rd person, Singular

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• मुनि-श्रेष्ठः: the best of sages
• मुनि-श्रेष्ठः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक) + श्रेष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Singular; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: मुनीनां श्रेष्ठः

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha/Discourse particle (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic/causal particle)

• अरुन्धत्या: with Arundhatī
• अरुन्धत्या: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अरुन्धती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (सह/करण), एकवचन — Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• समन्वितः: accompanied; endowed
• समन्वितः: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्+अन्वि (धातु) → समन्वित (कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Singular; भूतकृदन्त (क्त)

• गोमतीम्: (the river) Gomatī
• गोमतीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोमती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन — Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• आनयामास: brought; caused to come
• आनयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ+नी (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — Perfect, 3rd person, Singular; परस्मैपद

• तपसा: by austerity
• तपसा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), एकवचन — Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• मुनि-सत्तमः: the foremost among sages
• मुनि-सत्तमः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक) + सत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Singular; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: मुनीनां सत्तमः

Speaker

Narratorial voice (contextual Purāṇic narration)

Characters & Entities

• Vasiṣṭha
• Arundhatī
• Gomatī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tapas is portrayed as world-transforming: the realized sage’s austerity can manifest sacred resources that serve pilgrims and dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Arbuda locale where Vasiṣṭha resides and where the Gomatī becomes present—forming a potent bathing/pilgrimage context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, the establishment of a river-tīrtha (Gomatī) frames future snāna and pilgrimage merit, though no explicit rite is stated here.