Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

शोणः सिन्धुनदी चैता अन्याश्च सरितां वराः । कृष्णा भीमरथी पुण्या कावेर्य्याद्याः सरिद्वराः

Transliteration

śoṇaḥ sindhunadī caitā anyāśca saritāṃ varāḥ | kṛṣṇā bhīmarathī puṇyā kāveryyādyāḥ saridvarāḥ

Translation

โศณะและแม่น้ำสินธุอยู่ที่นี่ พร้อมด้วยสายน้ำอันประเสริฐอื่น ๆ ทั้งกฤษณา ภีมรถีผู้ศักดิ์สิทธิ์ และสายน้ำชั้นนำเริ่มด้วยกาเวรีก็ปรากฏแล้ว

Word by Word

• शोणः: Śoṇa (river)
• शोणः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शोण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सिन्धुनदी: the Sindhu river
• सिन्धुनदी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिन्धु + नदी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• एताः: these (feminine plural)
• एताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• अन्याः: others
• अन्याः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• सरिताम्: of rivers
• सरिताम्: Sambandha (genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरित् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), बहुवचन

• वराः: excellent, best
• वराः: Karta-anvaya (predicate/qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (प्रशंसार्थ)

• कृष्णा: Kṛṣṇā (river)
• कृष्णा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्णा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• भीमरथी: Bhīmarathī (river)
• भीमरथी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीमरथी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• पुण्या: holy, meritorious
• पुण्या: Karta-anvaya (predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• कावेरी-आद्याः: (rivers) beginning with Kāverī
• कावेरी-आद्याः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कावेरी + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष (आदि-समास: 'beginning with')

• सरित्-वराः: excellent rivers
• सरित्-वराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरित् + वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; कर्मधारय (सरितः एव वराः)

Speaker

Narrator within Dvārakā-māhātmya (contextual voice listing tīrtha-rivers)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā (sarva-nadī-sannidhāna)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A vast assembly of river-goddesses from every direction: Sindhu regal with broad waters, Śoṇa reddish-hued, Kṛṣṇā dark and swift, Bhīmarathī vigorous, Kāverī graceful and crowned—joining the earlier rivers in a grand devotional congregation before Dvārakā.

Characters & Entities

• Śoṇa (Son)
• Sindhu (Indus)
• Kṛṣṇā River
• Bhīmarathī
• Kāverī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dvārakā is celebrated as a spiritual hub where the sanctity of many rivers is symbolically assembled for the devotee’s benefit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā, implied as the locus where these rivers are envisioned to converge in reverence.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the passage functions as māhātmya—praise through enumeration of sacred presences.