Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 79

Devanagari script

पर्वकाले च संप्राप्ते नदीनां च समागमे । सेतुबंधे तथा सिंधौ तीर्थेष्वन्येषु संयुतः

Transliteration

parvakāle ca saṃprāpte nadīnāṃ ca samāgame | setubaṃdhe tathā siṃdhau tīrtheṣvanyeṣu saṃyutaḥ

Translation

ครั้นกาลเทศกาลมาถึง และ ณ จุดบรรจบแห่งสายน้ำทั้งหลาย—ที่เสตุพันธะ ที่มหาสมุทร และที่ทิรถะอื่น ๆ ด้วย—(บุญฤทธิ์นั้น) ย่อมปรากฏร่วมอยู่ ณ ที่นั้น

Word by Word

• parvakāle: at the time of a festival/auspicious day
• parvakāle: Adhikarana (Location/Time-अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: parva-kāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी/सप्तमी-सम्बन्ध: पर्वणः कालः); पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/locative), एकवचन

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

• saṃprāpte: when (it has) arrived
• saṃprāpte: Adhikarana (Qualifier/अधिकरण-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saṃprāpta (कृदन्त; √prāp with सम्)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle), पुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying parvakāle)

• nadīnām: of rivers
• nadīnām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nadī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/genitive), बहुवचन

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

• samāgame: at the confluence/meeting
• samāgame: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: samāgama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/locative), एकवचन

• setubandhe: at Setubandha (Rāmeśvara)
• setubandhe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: setu-bandha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी: सेतोः बन्धः); पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• tathā: likewise
• tathā: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/उपमानार्थक-अव्यय (adverb: ‘likewise/also’)

• siṃdhau: in/at the Sindhu (sea/river)
• siṃdhau: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sindhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/locative), एकवचन

• tīrtheṣu: in sacred fords/places of pilgrimage
• tīrtheṣu: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/locative), बहुवचन

• anyeṣu: other
• anyeṣu: Adhikarana (Qualifier/अधिकरण-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying tīrtheṣu)

• saṃyutaḥ: associated; connected
• saṃyutaḥ: Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saṃyuta (कृदन्त; √yuj with सम्)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; (elliptic: ‘(he) is associated/connected’)

Speaker

Narrator (descriptive continuation; subject implied from prior context, likely the ocean’s sanctity/presence across tīrthas)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (implied), with pan-tirtha references

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim-stream converges at a river-sangama and sea-shore; banners of festival-time flutter; distant markers indicate Setubandha and the Sindhu-oceanic expanse, suggesting a sacred geography map made living.

Characters & Entities

• Parva-kāla (festival times)
• Nadī-saṅgama (river confluences)
• Setubandha
• Sindhu/Sāgara (ocean)
• Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred power is encountered especially at auspicious times and liminal places—confluences, shores, bridges, and tīrthas—where purification and merit are intensified.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Setubandha (traditionally connected with Rāmeśvaram/Setu region) is explicitly named, alongside the ocean and other tīrthas—within the broader Prabhāsa Māhātmya framework.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly points to parva-kāla observance and tīrtha association—commonly involving snāna (ritual bathing) at river confluences and coastal tīrthas.