Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 57

Devanagari script

तथा गंगाभिधाना च सैव प्राक्सागरं गता । तावतीश्च समादाय नदीः पर्वतनन्दिनि

Transliteration

tathā gaṃgābhidhānā ca saiva prāksāgaraṃ gatā | tāvatīśca samādāya nadīḥ parvatanandini

Translation

“ฉันนั้นแล สายที่มีนามว่า ‘คงคา’ ก็ไปสู่มหาสมุทรทิศตะวันออก โอ้ธิดาแห่งขุนเขา และรับนทีจำนวนเท่าเดิมไว้ด้วย”

Word by Word

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकार/अनुक्रमवाचक-अव्यय (thus/likewise)

• गङ्गा-अभिधाना: named ‘Gaṅgā’
• गङ्गा-अभिधाना: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गङ्गा (प्रातिपदिक) + अभिधान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (नामधारक): 'गङ्गा' इति अभिधानं यस्याः; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

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

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), एकवचन

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (emphasis: 'indeed/just')

• प्राक्-सागरम्: the eastern ocean
• प्राक्-सागरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राक् (अव्यय/दिक्शब्द) + सागर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास: प्राक् + सागर (पूर्वसागरः); पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन

• गता: went
• गता: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (PPP); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तावतीः: so many
• तावतीः: Karma (Qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तावत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), बहुवचन; 'नदीः' विशेषणम् (so many)

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

• समादाय: having taken/collected
• समादाय: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया/Adverbial action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु) + सम्+आ (उपसर्ग)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययार्थक ल्यप्-रूप (gerund); धातु: दा (आदान/ग्रहण)

• नदीः: rivers
• नदीः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नदी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), बहुवचन

• पर्वतनन्दिनि: O daughter of the mountain
• पर्वतनन्दिनि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत + नन्दिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सम्बोधन; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास: पर्वतस्य नन्दिनी (daughter of the mountain)

Speaker

Śiva

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gaṅgā

Type: river

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārvatī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The eastern-flowing Gaṅgā, luminous and wide, receives countless tributaries and moves toward the dawn-lit ocean, with Himalayan origin hinted far behind.

Characters & Entities

• Gaṅgā
• Eastern Ocean
• Pārvatī
• Rivers

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The tīrtha principle expands through confluences—many rivers join the main sacred flow, multiplying sanctity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The eastern ocean confluence of the Gaṅgā stream is implied as sacred; the verse is primarily cosmographic.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly.