Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 106

Devanagari script

सरस्वतीति वै लोके वर्तते नाम सांप्रतम् । अतीतं नाम यत्तस्याः कमंडलुभवेति च । रत्नाकरेति सामुद्रं सत्यं नामांतरं पुरा

Transliteration

sarasvatīti vai loke vartate nāma sāṃpratam | atītaṃ nāma yattasyāḥ kamaṃḍalubhaveti ca | ratnākareti sāmudraṃ satyaṃ nāmāṃtaraṃ purā

Translation

ในโลกปัจจุบัน นางเป็นที่รู้จักด้วยนามว่า «สรัสวตี» นามเดิมของนางคือ «กมันฑลุภวะ» (ผู้บังเกิดจากหม้อน้ำกมันฑลุ) และในกาลโบราณ «รัตนากระ» คือพระนามแห่งสมุทรของนางโดยแท้

Word by Word

• सरस्वती: Sarasvatī
• सरस्वती: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरस्वती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; नामरूपेण

• इति: thus (called)
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण-समाप्त्यर्थक-अव्यय

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक-अव्यय

• लोके: in the world
• लोके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• वर्तते: is current/prevails
• वर्तते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृत् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

• नाम: the name
• नाम: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘वर्तते’ इत्यस्य विषयः (as ‘name’ understood)

• सांप्रतम्: at present
• सांप्रतम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सांप्रतम् (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययीभाववत्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (present/current)

• अतीतम्: former/past
• अतीतम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अतीत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘नाम’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• नाम: name
• नाम: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• यत्: which
• यत्: Sambandha (Relative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्धक-सम्बोधनम् (relative pronoun)

• तस्याः: of her/of it
• तस्याः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• कमण्डलुभवा: ‘Kamaṇḍalubhavā’
• कमण्डलुभवा: Karta (Subject-complement/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कमण्डलु + भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (कमण्डलोः भवः/भवा) नामरूपेण

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण-समाप्त्यर्थक-अव्यय

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

• रत्नाकरा: ‘Ratnākara’ (mine of gems)
• रत्नाकरा: Karta (Subject-complement/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रत्न + आकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (रत्नानाम् आकरः) नामरूपेण

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण-समाप्त्यर्थक-अव्यय

• सामुद्रम्: oceanic/sea-related
• सामुद्रम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सामुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘नाम’/‘नामा(म्)’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम् (oceanic/pertaining to sea)

• सत्यम्: true
• सत्यम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘नामा(म्)अन्तरम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम् (true)

• नामान्तरम्: another name
• नामान्तरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् + अन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (नाम्नः अन्तरम्)

• पुरा: formerly
• पुरा: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time: formerly)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic voice within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sarasvatī (with Ratnākara oceanic aspect at Prabhāsa)

Type: sangam

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: General audience within māhātmya frame

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Triptych of Sarasvatī’s identities: (1) emerging from a sage’s kamaṇḍalu as a luminous stream, (2) flowing as Sarasvatī with vīṇā-bearing devī above the waters, (3) merging into the ocean labeled Ratnākara with jewel-like waves.

Characters & Entities

• Sarasvatī
• Kamaṇḍalubhava
• Ratnākara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine realities are one, yet described through many names reflecting function, origin-myth, and sacred geography.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra’s māhātmya context frames Sarasvatī’s names, especially her ocean-linked identity near the coast.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a doctrinal-geographical clarification of names rather than instruction for worship.