Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 17

Devanagari script

इमं मे गंगे यमुने पंचनद्यस्त्रिपुष्करम् । श्रीसूक्तं पावमानं च हैमीं च तदनंतरम्

Transliteration

imaṃ me gaṃge yamune paṃcanadyastripuṣkaram | śrīsūktaṃ pāvamānaṃ ca haimīṃ ca tadanaṃtaram

Translation

‘یہ میرا نذرانہ—اے گنگا، اے یمنا، اے پانچ ندیاں؛ یہ تری پُشکر؛ شری سوکت؛ پاومان (حمد)؛ اور اس کے بعد ہَیمی (حمد)’—ان سب کا تلاوتی ترتیب سے پاٹھ کیا جائے۔

Word by Word

• इमम्: this
• इमम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (object: 'this')

• मे: my; of me
• मे: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (enclitic); here: possessive/genitive 'of me/my'

• गङ्गे: O Gaṅgā
• गङ्गे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गङ्गा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• यमुने: O Yamunā
• यमुने: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यमुना (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• पञ्चनद्यः: O five rivers
• पञ्चनद्यः: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्च + नदी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; द्विगु-समासः (five rivers)

• त्रिपुष्करम्: the triple Puṣkara
• त्रिपुष्करम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि + पुष्कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः (three Puṣkaras / triple Puṣkara)

• श्रीसूक्तम्: the Śrīsūkta hymn
• श्रीसूक्तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री + सूक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः: 'श्रियाः सूक्तम्' (hymn to Śrī)

• पावमानम्: the Pāvamāna (hymn)
• पावमानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पवमान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (name of a hymn/chant)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• हैमीम्: the Haimī (hymn/section)
• हैमीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हैम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (name of a hymn/section; 'golden' as substantive)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• तदनन्तरम्: immediately thereafter
• तदनन्तरम्: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + अनन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावसमासः; अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः (adverb): 'तस्य अनन्तरम्' = immediately after that

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gaṅgā–Yamunā–Pañcanadī–Tripuṣkara (invoked tīrtha-collective)

Type: river

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A ritualist stands by a water vessel/riverbank, hands in añjali, invoking Gaṅgā and Yamunā; behind him appear personified river goddesses and a distant vision of Puṣkara’s sacred lake, while Vedic hymn scrolls/leaf manuscripts are held by assistants.

Characters & Entities

• Gaṅgā
• Yamunā
• Pañcanadī
• Tripuṣkara
• Śrīsūkta
• Pāvamāna

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage-rites are empowered by remembrance of sacred rivers and Vedic hymns, linking tīrtha to inner purification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The sanctity of pan-Indian tīrthas is invoked—especially Gaṅgā, Yamunā, and the sacred complex associated with Puṣkara (Tripuṣkara).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A specific order of mantra/hymn recitation invoking rivers and hymns such as Śrīsūkta and Pāvamāna.