Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 54

Devanagari script

तां विज्ञाय ततो गंगा रुदतीं शोककर्शिताम् । शीघ्रं स्वर्गात्समायाता तीर्थानां कोटिभिः सह

Transliteration

tāṃ vijñāya tato gaṃgā rudatīṃ śokakarśitām | śīghraṃ svargātsamāyātā tīrthānāṃ koṭibhiḥ saha

Translation

ครั้นกังคาทราบว่านางกำลังร่ำไห้และซูบซีดด้วยโศก ก็รีบเสด็จลงจากสวรรค์โดยฉับพลัน พร้อมด้วยตีรถะนับโกฏิ

Word by Word

• ताम्: her
• ताम्: Karma (object of ‘vijñāya’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• विज्ञाय: having understood
• विज्ञाय: Purvakala-kriya (prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-ज्ञा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund), अर्थः: ‘having understood/known’

• ततः: then
• ततः: Adverbial (sequence)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण

• गङ्गा: Gaṅgā
• गङ्गा: Karta (subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गङ्गा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• रुदतीम्: weeping
• रुदतीम्: Visheshana (of ‘tām’)
• Type: Verb
• Root: रुद् (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमान-कृदन्त (present active participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणरूपेण

• शोककर्शिताम्: worn down by sorrow
• शोककर्शिताम्: Visheshana (of ‘tām’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शोक-कर्शित (प्रातिपदिक; समासः)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; तृतीया/षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषार्थः (शोकेन कर्शिता / शोकस्य कर्शिता)

• शीघ्रम्: quickly
• शीघ्रम्: Adverbial (manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शीघ्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावेन क्रियाविशेषण-प्रयोगः (adverbial accusative)

• स्वर्गात्: from heaven
• स्वर्गात्: Apadana (source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन

• समायाता: arrived/came
• समायाता: Kriya (predicate; state of subject)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-या (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (PPP), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; अर्थः: ‘having come/arrived’

• तीर्थानाम्: of the sacred places
• तीर्थानाम्: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• कोटिभिः: with crores (multitudes)
• कोटिभिः: Sahakarana (accompaniment/instrumental)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोटि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• सह: together with
• सह: Adverbial (accompaniment)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सहार्थक-निपातः (postposition) तृतीया-संबन्धी

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gaṅgā-sannidhya in Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: From the heavens, Gaṅgā descends in a luminous stream, surrounded by personified tīrthas—miniature river-deities and sacred emblems—toward the grieving Sarasvatī in Prabhāsa.

Characters & Entities

• Gaṅgā
• Svarga (heaven)
• Tīrthas (crores)
• Sarasvatī (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Grace responds to sincere sorrow: the descent of Gaṅgā symbolizes divine aid and the gathering of sanctity around the devotee and the sacred land.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse glorifies Gaṅgā’s sanctifying presence and the collective power of innumerable tīrthas converging in the Prabhāsa narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated; the emphasis is on the māhātmya of Gaṅgā and tīrtha-convergence.