Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

गुप्तस्तत्र प्रयागश्च देवो वै माधवस्तथा । जाह्नवी यमुना चैव देवी तत्र सरस्वती

Transliteration

guptastatra prayāgaśca devo vai mādhavastathā | jāhnavī yamunā caiva devī tatra sarasvatī

Translation

అక్కడే ఒక గుప్త ప్రయాగం ఉంది; దేవుడు మాధవుడూ అక్కడే ఉన్నాడు. జాహ్నవి (గంగా), యమునా మరియు దేవి సరస్వతీ కూడా అక్కడే విరాజిల్లుచున్నారు।

Word by Word

• गुप्तः: hidden
• गुप्तः: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गुप्त (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त-आधारित)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (प्रयागस्य)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक

• प्रयागः: Prayāga
• प्रयागः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रयाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (conjunction: “and”)

• देवः: the god
• देवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चयार्थक निपात (emphatic particle: “indeed”)

• माधवः: Mādhava
• माधवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माधव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विष्णोर्नाम

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/तुल्यार्थक (also/likewise)

• जाह्नवी: Jāhnavī (Gaṅgā)
• जाह्नवी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जाह्नवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; गङ्गानाम

• यमुना: Yamunā
• यमुना: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यमुना (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक (restrictive/emphatic: “indeed/just”)

• देवी: the goddess
• देवी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक

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

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gupta-Prayāga (hidden Prayāga) in Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: sangam

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārvatī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A mystical confluence: three river-goddesses appear in subtle form at Prabhāsa; a Viṣṇu image as Mādhava stands nearby; pilgrims sense an unseen Triveṇī beneath the earth/waters.

Characters & Entities

• Gupta Prayāga
• Mādhava (Viṣṇu)
• Jāhnavī (Gaṅgā)
• Yamunā
• Sarasvatī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Prabhāsa is portrayed as a concentrated sacred landscape where major pan-Indian tīrthas and deities are mystically present.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Gupta Prayāga (the ‘hidden’ Prayāga) within Prabhāsakṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription is stated; the verse establishes the sanctity by naming the confluence-tīrtha and associated deities.