Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

जाह्नवी यमुना रेवा तत्र पुण्या सरस्वती । सरयूर्गंडकी तापी पयोष्णी सरितां वरा

Transliteration

jāhnavī yamunā revā tatra puṇyā sarasvatī | sarayūrgaṃḍakī tāpī payoṣṇī saritāṃ varā

Translation

ชาห์นวี (คงคา), ยมุนา, เรวา (นรมทา) และที่นั่นมีสรัสวตีอันศักดิ์สิทธิ์; สรยู คัณฑกี ตาปี และปโยษณี—เหล่านี้เป็นยอดแห่งสายนทีทั้งหลาย

Word by Word

• जाह्नवी: Jāhnavī (Gaṅgā)
• जाह्नवी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जाह्नवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; नदीनाम (गङ्गा)

• यमुना: Yamunā
• यमुना: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यमुना (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; नदीनाम

• रेवा: Revā (Narmadā)
• रेवा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रेवा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; नदीनाम (नर्मदा)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Avyaya (Adverbial/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

• पुण्या: holy
• पुण्या: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; विशेषण (सरस्वती)

• सरस्वती: Sarasvatī
• सरस्वती: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरस्वती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; नदीनाम

• सरयूः: Sarayū
• सरयूः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरयू (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; नदीनाम

• गण्डकी: Gaṇḍakī
• गण्डकी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गण्डकी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; नदीनाम

• तापी: Tāpī (Tapti)
• तापी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तापी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; नदीनाम

• पयोष्णी: Payoṣṇī
• पयोष्णी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पयोष्णी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; नदीनाम

• सरिताम्: of rivers
• सरिताम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरित् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), बहुवचन

• वरा: best, excellent
• वरा: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; विशेषण (पयोष्णी)

Speaker

Narrative voice within Dvārakā Māhātmya (speaker not explicit in the excerpt)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Major nadī-tīrthas (Gaṅgā, Yamunā, Narmadā, Sarasvatī, etc.)

Type: sangam

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A confluence-like vision where eight rivers appear as goddess-forms with distinct emblems—Gaṅgā with makara, Yamunā with tortoise, Narmadā with śiva-liṅga associations, Sarasvatī with veena—flowing as luminous streams across a sacred landscape.

Characters & Entities

• Jāhnavī (Gaṅgā)
• Yamunā
• Revā (Narmadā)
• Sarasvatī
• Sarayū
• Gaṇḍakī
• Tāpī
• Payoṣṇī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dharma venerates certain rivers as living tīrthas whose remembrance and contact are sources of merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse glorifies river-tīrthas—especially Gaṅgā (Jāhnavī), Sarasvatī, Yamunā, and Narmadā (Revā).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit injunction is stated, though such river lists typically imply snāna (sacred bathing) and tīrtha-sevā.