Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

खदिरामोदमासाद्य तत्र सा वीक्ष्य सागरम् । गंतुं प्रवृत्ता तं वह्निमादाय सुरसुंदरि

Transliteration

khadirāmodamāsādya tatra sā vīkṣya sāgaram | gaṃtuṃ pravṛttā taṃ vahnimādāya surasuṃdari

Translation

ครั้นถึงพงไพรคะทิระอันหอมกรุ่น นางได้ทอดพระเนตรมหาสมุทร ณ ที่นั้น แล้วโอ้เทวีผู้เลอโฉม นางก็ออกเดินทางต่อไป โดยอัญเชิญไฟศักดิ์สิทธิ์นั้นติดตามไปด้วย

Word by Word

• khadira-āmodam: the fragrance of khadira
• khadira-āmodam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: khadira (प्रातिपदिक) + āmoda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (khadirasya āmodaḥ)

• āsādya: having reached/obtained
• āsādya: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial gerund/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-sad (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप्/अव्यय-क्रियाविशेषण (gerund): ‘having reached/obtained’

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• sā: she
• sā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• vīkṣya: having seen
• vīkṣya: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial gerund/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vīkṣ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (gerund), अव्यय; ‘having seen’

• sāgaram: the ocean
• sāgaram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sāgara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• gantum: to go
• gantum: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन् (infinitive), अव्यय; प्रयोजनार्थक (for going)

• pravṛttā: set out, proceeded
• pravṛttā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-vṛt (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तरि (set out/started)

• tam: that
• tam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• vahnim: fire
• vahnim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vahni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• ādāya: having taken
• ādāya: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial gerund/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-dā (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप्/क्त्वान्त-समकक्ष (gerund), अव्यय; ‘having taken’

• surasuṃdari: O beautiful one among the gods
• surasuṃdari: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sura (प्रातिपदिक) + sundarī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (surāṇāṃ sundarī / sura-sundarī)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced for Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Khadirāmoda (within Prabhāsa-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Addressed as ‘surasuṃdarī’ in the verse’s vocative frame (narrative address to a divine/beautiful lady)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A khadira grove heavy with fragrance and reddish-brown trunks; Sarasvatī, radiant and poised, pauses to gaze at the expansive ocean; she lifts or bears a glowing sacred fire (vahni) in a vessel, preparing to depart along the shore.

Characters & Entities

• Sāgara (Ocean)
• Vahni (sacred fire)
• Khadira (trees/grove)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred journeys (tīrtha-yātrā) are undertaken with reverence—carrying dharma (symbolized by the sacred fire) while moving through holy landscapes.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, with the shoreline of the Ocean (Sāgara) and its sacred groves forming part of the tīrtha landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription; the verse highlights carrying the sacred fire, implying continuity of ritual purity and vowed observance during pilgrimage.