Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

सारस्वतेषु सर्वेषु सामुद्रेषु पृथक्पृथक् । नदीषु देवखातेषु तडागेषु सरःसु च

Transliteration

sārasvateṣu sarveṣu sāmudreṣu pṛthakpṛthak | nadīṣu devakhāteṣu taḍāgeṣu saraḥsu ca

Translation

พระองค์เสด็จไปยังทิรถะแห่งสรัสวตีทั้งปวง และยังสถานศักดิ์สิทธิ์แห่งมหาสมุทรทีละแห่ง; ไปยังสายน้ำ คูคลองและอ่างเก็บน้ำที่เทพสร้าง ตลอดจนสระและทะเลสาบด้วย

Word by Word

• sārasvateṣu: in the Sarasvatī-related (tīrthas)
• sārasvateṣu: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sārasvata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचन; विशेषण (tīrtheṣu) understood

• sarveṣu: in all
• sarveṣu: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• sāmudreṣu: in the sea-related (tīrthas)
• sāmudreṣu: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sāmudra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचन; विशेषण (tīrtheṣu) understood

• pṛthak: separately
• pṛthak: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: pṛthak (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• pṛthak: each separately
• pṛthak: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: pṛthak (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), पुनरुक्ति (reduplication for emphasis)

• nadīṣu: in rivers
• nadīṣu: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nadī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचन

• devakhāteṣu: in god-dug tanks/ponds
• devakhāteṣu: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक) + khāta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचन; समासः देव + खात (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/‘excavations/ponds of the gods’)

• taḍāgeṣu: in ponds
• taḍāgeṣu: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: taḍāga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचन

• saraḥsu: in lakes
• saraḥsu: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saras (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचन (वैकल्पिक रूप: सरःसु)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic voice within Revā Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sarasvatī-tīrthas; Samudra-tīrthas; Sarovara/Taḍāga tīrthas (collective)

Type: tirtha

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sweeping montage: Sarasvatī’s sacred banks with sages; then seashores with temples; then inland ponds and lotus lakes; divinely carved channels feeding reservoirs—Indra visiting each in sequence.

Characters & Entities

• Indra
• Sarasvatī
• Ocean (Samudra)
• Rivers (Nadī)
• Taḍāga
• Saras

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purification is sought through sacred waters in many forms—rivers, seas, tanks, and lakes—indicating that dharma recognizes multiple sanctified landscapes for spiritual renewal.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A wide sacred geography is invoked—Sarasvatī tīrthas and samudra-tīrthas—before the narrative concentrates on Revā’s tīrthas as uniquely efficacious.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse implies visiting (and typically bathing at) diverse water tīrthas, but does not name a specific vrata or donation here.