Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 40

Devanagari script

ब्रह्मलोकात्सरिच्छ्रेष्ठां तया पूर्णो भविष्यति । एवमुक्त्वा सुरैः सार्द्धं स्वस्थानं चागमन्मुनिः

Transliteration

brahmalokātsaricchreṣṭhāṃ tayā pūrṇo bhaviṣyati | evamuktvā suraiḥ sārddhaṃ svasthānaṃ cāgamanmuniḥ

Translation

“จากพรหมโลก แม่น้ำผู้ประเสริฐที่สุดจะเสด็จมา; ด้วยนาง มหาสมุทรจักเต็มอีกครั้ง” ครั้นกล่าวดังนี้แล้ว มุนีพร้อมเหล่าเทพก็กลับสู่ที่พำนักของตน

Word by Word

• ब्रह्मलोकात्: from Brahmaloka
• ब्रह्मलोकात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मलोक (प्रातिपदिक) = ब्रह्मन् + लोक
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (अपादान), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (ब्रह्मणः लोकः)

• सरित्-श्रेष्ठाम्: the best river
• सरित्-श्रेष्ठाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरित् (प्रातिपदिक) + श्रेष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (श्रेष्ठा सरित्)

• तया: by her/with it
• तया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन

• पूर्णः: full/filled
• पूर्णः: Karta (Subject-complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• भविष्यति: will become/will be
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषणम् (adverb of manner)

• उक्त्वा: having said
• उक्त्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• सुरैः: with the gods
• सुरैः: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• सार्द्धम्: together with
• सार्द्धम्: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सार्द्धम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सहार्थक-उपपद (postposition meaning 'together with')

• स्वस्थानम्: his own abode
• स्वस्थानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वस्थान (प्रातिपदिक) = स्व + स्थान
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (स्वस्य स्थानम्)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय-बोधक (conjunction)

• अगमत्: went
• अगमत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• मुनिः: the sage
• मुनिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Agastya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (oceanic receiving tīrtha)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Agastya declares Gaṅgā will descend from Brahmaloka and refill the ocean; then he departs with the devas to his abode—an exit scene with celestial movement and calm closure.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmaloka
• Gaṅgā (implied as saricchreṣṭhā)
• Agastya
• Devas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred rivers are divine instruments of purification and restoration, arriving by providence to heal the world.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra and its oceanic sacred setting, which is promised renewal through Gaṅgā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite; the verse establishes Gaṅgā’s sanctifying role as the basis for tīrtha merit.