Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

सरस्वती सर्वनदीषु पुण्या सरस्वती लोकसुखावगाहा । सरस्वतीं प्राप्य न दुःखिता नराः सदा न शोचंति परत्र चेह वा

Transliteration

sarasvatī sarvanadīṣu puṇyā sarasvatī lokasukhāvagāhā | sarasvatīṃ prāpya na duḥkhitā narāḥ sadā na śocaṃti paratra ceha vā

Translation

ସମସ୍ତ ନଦୀମାନଙ୍କ ମଧ୍ୟରେ ସରସ୍ୱତୀ ସର୍ବାଧିକ ପବିତ୍ରା; ସେ ଲୋକସୁଖରେ ଅବଗାହନ କରାନ୍ତି। ସରସ୍ୱତୀକୁ ପ୍ରାପ୍ତ ହେଲେ ମନୁଷ୍ୟ ଦୁଃଖରେ ପୀଡିତ ହୁଏନି; ଏଠି କିମ୍ବା ପରଲୋକରେ ଶୋକ କରେନି।

Word by Word

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

• सर्वनदीषु: among all rivers
• सर्वनदीषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + नदी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), बहुवचन (Plural)

• पुण्या: holy
• पुण्या: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; 'सरस्वती' इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• सरस्वती: Sarasvatī
• सरस्वती: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरस्वती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (पुनरुक्ति-बलात्)

• लोकसुखावगाहा: whose bathing gives worldly happiness
• लोकसुखावगाहा: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक) + सुख (प्रातिपदिक) + अवगाह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; 'सरस्वती' इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• सरस्वतीम्: Sarasvatī
• सरस्वतीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरस्वती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• प्राप्य: having reached/obtained
• प्राप्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र + आप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive: having obtained/reached)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation particle)

• दुःखिताः: sorrowful
• दुःखिताः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुःखित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; 'नराः' इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• नराः: men, people
• नराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• सदा: always
• सदा: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time: always)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation particle)

• शोचन्ति: grieve
• शोचन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: शुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural), परस्मैपद

• परत्र: in the hereafter
• परत्र: Adhikarana (Sphere/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देश/अवस्थावाचक-अव्यय (adverb: in the other world/thereafter)

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

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: here)

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (Alternative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्प-निपात (particle: or)

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sārasvata-tīrtha (Sarasvatī at Prabhāsa)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A serene riverbank at Prabhāsa: Sarasvatī personified as a luminous goddess-river; pilgrims descending steps for snāna; the atmosphere conveys relief from grief and a promise of auspicious afterlife.

Characters & Entities

• Sarasvatī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Association with a great tīrtha transforms the pilgrim’s inner state—Sarasvatī is praised as removing grief in this life and beyond.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Sarasvatī-tīrtha (the Sarasvatī river as a sacred ford), within the Prabhāsa-kṣetra māhātmya setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Avagāha (immersion/bathing) is implied by “avagāhā,” indicating tīrtha-snāna as the central practice.