Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 80

Devanagari script

सखीभिः सहिता तत्र क्रीडताऽसौ यथेच्छया । आनुलोम्यविलोम्येन दक्षिणेनोत्तरेण च

Transliteration

sakhībhiḥ sahitā tatra krīḍatā'sau yathecchayā | ānulomyavilomyena dakṣiṇenottareṇa ca

Translation

พร้อมด้วยสหายสตรี นางเทวีเริงเล่นอยู่ที่นั่นตามปรารถนา—บ้างไปตามกระแส บ้างทวนกระแส ทั้งไปทางทิศใต้และไปทางทิศเหนือด้วย

Word by Word

• सखीभिः: with (her) female friends
• सखीभिः: Sahakāraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सखी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण/सह), बहुवचन

• सहिता: accompanied, together
• सहिता: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहित (कृदन्त; √सह् (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि/भूतकृत्, विशेषण

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

• क्रीडता: plays, sports
• क्रीडता: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √क्रीड् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• असौ: she (that one)
• असौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: असद्/अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• यथेच्छया: as she wished, at will
• यथेच्छया: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Manner/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय) + इच्छा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; समस्तपदम् अव्ययवत्; अर्थः—यथेष्टम्

• आनुलोम्यविलोम्येन: by (moving) with and against the grain (in regular and reverse order)
• आनुलोम्यविलोम्येन: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आनुलोम्य (प्रातिपदिक) + अविलोम्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वन्द्व-समास; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; करणार्थे

• दक्षिणेन: by the southern (side/direction)
• दक्षिणेन: Karaṇa (Instrument/Direction/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दक्षिण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; दिशावाचक

• उत्तरेण: by the northern (side/direction)
• उत्तरेण: Karaṇa (Instrument/Direction/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उत्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; दिशावाचक

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक निपात

Speaker

Sūta (deduced from Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa māhātmya narration style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: river

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A graceful Goddess as a young maiden, surrounded by sakhīs, playing along a river/estuary; she moves sometimes with the current, sometimes against it, drifting south then north, suggesting swirling waters and tidal play.

Characters & Entities

• Mahānadī (implied feminine river form)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred waters are portrayed as living, divine presences, reinforcing reverence for tīrthas as manifest divine play (līlā).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The tīrtha-region within Prabhāsakṣetra where the river/ देवी is described as moving and sporting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is prescribed here; it continues the māhātmya narrative describing the sacred landscape.