Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

न्यंकुमत्यर्णवोपेते ततः पूर्वमनु व्रजेत् । अगस्तेराश्रमं दिव्यं क्षुधाहरमितिस्मृतम्

Transliteration

nyaṃkumatyarṇavopete tataḥ pūrvamanu vrajet | agasterāśramaṃ divyaṃ kṣudhāharamitismṛtam

Translation

ତାପରେ ନ୍ୟଙ୍କୁମତୀ ଯେଉଁଠାରେ ସାଗର ସହ ମିଶେ, ସେଇ ତଟ ସମୀପରୁ ପୂର୍ବଦିଗକୁ ଅଗ୍ରସର ହେବ। ସେଠାରେ ‘କ୍ଷୁଧାହର’ ବୋଲି ସ୍ମୃତ ଅଗସ୍ତ୍ୟଙ୍କ ଦିବ୍ୟ ଆଶ୍ରମକୁ ଯିବ।

Word by Word

• nyaṃkumatyarṇavopete: at the place joined with the Nyaṃkumatī and the ocean
• nyaṃkumatyarṇavopete: Adhikarana (Locative qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nyaṃkumatī-arṇava-upeta (प्रातिपदिक; न्यंकुमती + अर्णव + उपेत)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying implied place/saṃgame)

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण

• pūrvam: eastward; ahead
• pūrvam: Kriya-visheshana (Directional adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: pūrva (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययवत्)
• Form: अव्यय-प्रयोगः; क्रियाविशेषण (eastward/forward)

• anu: along; following
• anu: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: anu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपसर्गवत्/क्रियाविशेषण (along; following)

• vrajet: one should go
• vrajet: Kriya (Injunctive instruction)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vraj (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• agasteḥ: of Agastya
• agasteḥ: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: agasti (प्रातिपदिक; ऋषि-नाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive)

• āśramam: hermitage
• āśramam: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āśrama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्म (object of vrajet)

• divyam: divine
• divyam: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: divya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying āśramam)

• kṣudhāharam: hunger-removing
• kṣudhāharam: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṣudhā-hara (प्रातिपदिक; क्षुधा + हर)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying āśramam)

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (quotative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उद्धरण-चिह्न

• smṛtam: is remembered/called
• smṛtam: Kriya (Predicative participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: smṛ (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विधेय (predicative)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) (continuing instruction)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Nyaṅkumatī-sāgara-saṅgama and Agastya-āśrama

Type: sangam

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage-inquirer audience; narrative soon shifts to Devī’s questioning

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A river named Nyaṅkumatī widens into the sea; pilgrims turn east along a sandy-green bank toward a luminous hermitage with thatched huts, sacrificial fire, and Agastya seated, radiating calm; offerings of fruits and water are carried.

Characters & Entities

• Nyaṅkumatī river
• Ocean (Arṇava)
• Agastya
• Agastya-āśrama
• Kṣudhā-hara (epithet/title)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage includes not only temples and rivers but also ṛṣi-āśramas, where ascetic power supports the pilgrim’s welfare.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Agastya’s divine hermitage near the Nyaṅkumatī–ocean meeting region in Prabhāsa kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A yātrā instruction: proceed eastward and visit Agastya’s āśrama (darśana/visit implied).