Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 16
Devanagari script
यथा गच्छेत्समुद्रांतं तथा नीतिर्विधीय ताम्
Transliteration
yathā gacchetsamudrāṃtaṃ tathā nītirvidhīya tām
Translation
“اس آگ کی راہ ایسی مقرر کرو کہ وہ سمندر کے کنارۂ آخر تک پہنچ جائے؛ اسی کے مطابق تدبیر قائم کی جائے۔”
Word by Word
यथाas/so that
यथा:
Sambandha (Correlative/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (adverb/correlative)
गच्छेत्should go
गच्छेत्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootगम् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद
समुद्र-अन्तम्to the ocean’s end/into the ocean
समुद्र-अन्तम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootसमुद्र (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (समुद्रस्य अन्तः), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन
तथाso/in that manner
तथा:
Sambandha (Correlative/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (correlative adverb)
नीतिःpolicy/plan/instruction
नीतिः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootनीति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
विधीयताम्let it be arranged/ordained
विधीयताम्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवि-√धा (धातु)
Formलोट्-लकार (Imperative), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive sense): ‘let it be arranged’
ताम्that (policy/plan)
ताम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन
Speaker
Aūrva (continuing, addressing Brahmā)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (coastal tīrtha zone)
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A directive is issued: set the fire’s course so it reaches the ocean’s end; the scene shifts from crisis to controlled routing—flames forming a stream toward the sea.
Characters & Entities
A
AūrvaB
BrahmāO
Ocean (Samudra)FAQs
Dharma does not only ‘stop’ harm; it wisely redirects energy to a proper, non-destructive channel.
The account is embedded in Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya, linking sacred place-lore with cosmic events.
None; it is a strategic directive about where the destructive fire should be led.