Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

सरितः सागराः सर्वे पर्वता उरगास्तथा । ब्राह्म्याद्या मातरश्चैव ऋषयश्च तपोधनाः

Transliteration

saritaḥ sāgarāḥ sarve parvatā uragāstathā | brāhmyādyā mātaraścaiva ṛṣayaśca tapodhanāḥ

Translation

ที่นั่นมีทั้งสรรพแม่น้ำและมหาสมุทร ภูผาและนาคทั้งหลาย; อีกทั้งพระมารดาเทวีหมู่มาตฤกาเริ่มด้วยพราหมี และเหล่าฤๅษีผู้มั่งคั่งด้วยตบะ

Word by Word

• सरितः: rivers
• सरितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरित् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; बहुवचन

• सागराः: oceans
• सागराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सागर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; बहुवचन

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifier)

• पर्वताः: mountains
• पर्वताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; बहुवचन

• उरगाः: serpents
• उरगाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उरग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; बहुवचन

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/प्रकारवाचक

• ब्राह्म्याद्याः: (the Mothers) beginning with Brāhmī
• ब्राह्म्याद्याः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मी + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; बहुवचन; अव्ययीभाव/तत्पुरुष-प्रायः (आदि-शब्देन 'beginning with'); ब्राह्मी-आद्याः = ब्राह्मी-प्रभृतयः

• मातरः: the Mothers (Mātṛs)
• मातरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक-निपात

• एव: indeed/also
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक-निपात

• ऋषयः: sages
• ऋषयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक-निपात

• तपोधनाः: those whose wealth is austerity
• तपोधनाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् + धन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; बहुवचन; बहुव्रीहि (येषां धनं तपः ते)

Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A vast sacred convocation at Prabhāsa: personified rivers and oceans arriving like deities, mountains standing as guardians, nāgas coiling in reverence, the Mātṛkās (Brāhmī onward) seated in a luminous circle, and austere ṛṣis with matted hair and kamaṇḍalus.

Characters & Entities

• Saritaḥ (Rivers)
• Sāgarāḥ (Oceans)
• Parvatāḥ (Mountains)
• Uragāḥ (Nāgas)
• Brāhmī
• Mātṛkās
• Ṛṣayaḥ

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The sacred narrative gathers all orders of creation—natural, divine, and ascetic—affirming that tīrtha-glory embraces the whole cosmos.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kailāsa’s assembly is depicted; it functions as the prelude to Prabhāsakṣetra’s glorification.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.