Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

नमस्ये त्वां भगवति विष्णुपादतलोद्भवे । गृहाणार्घ्यमिदं देवि गंगे त्वं हरिणा सह

Transliteration

namasye tvāṃ bhagavati viṣṇupādatalodbhave | gṛhāṇārghyamidaṃ devi gaṃge tvaṃ hariṇā saha

Translation

اے بھگوتی! جو وِشنو کے قدم کے تلوے سے ظہور پذیر ہوئیں، میں آپ کو نمسکار کرتا ہوں۔ اے دیوی گنگا! ہری کے ساتھ یہ اَرغیہ قبول فرمائیں۔

Word by Word

• नमस्ये: I bow (to)
• नमस्ये: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नमस्-य (धातु; नामधातु from नमस्)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, उत्तमपुरुष (1st), एकवचन

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्री/पुं (प्रयोगानुसार), द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• भगवति: O blessed lady
• भगवति: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• विष्णु-पाद-तल-उद्भवे: O one arisen from Vishnu’s foot-sole
• विष्णु-पाद-तल-उद्भवे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक) + पाद (प्रातिपदिक) + तल (प्रातिपदिक) + उद्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (विष्णोः पादतलात् उद्भवः), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• गृहाण: accept
• गृहाण: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन

• अर्घ्यम्: arghya-offering
• अर्घ्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्घ्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; अर्घ्यम् इति विशेषण

• देवि: O goddess
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

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

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• हरिणा: with Hari
• हरिणा: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/सह), एकवचन

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: सह-अव्यय (postposition meaning ‘with’)

Speaker

Prahlāda (teaching/quoting the arghya-mantra for the tīrtha/deity)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā (with Gaṅgā invoked as Viṣṇupadī for tīrtha-rite)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim stands at a sacred shore/ghāṭa, hands cupped in añjali holding arghya-water, bowing to Goddess Gaṅgā envisioned as a radiant river-deity emerging from Viṣṇu’s foot, with Hari’s presence implied behind as a blue-hued divine form.

Characters & Entities

• Gaṅgā
• Viṣṇu
• Hari

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The tīrtha is approached as living divinity: reverence to Gaṅgā is simultaneously devotion to Hari, the source of her sanctity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Gaṅgā/Vaiṣṇavī presence understood as arising from Viṣṇu’s foot—invoked within the Dvārakā Māhātmya tīrtha context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Recite a salutation and offer arghya to Gaṅgā, invoking her as Viṣṇu-foot-born and united with Hari.