Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 70

Devanagari script

दिव्यं सरस्वतीतीरे व्यासेनाराधितं पुरा । आमर्द्दकी नदी यत्र सरस्वत्या सहैकताम्

Transliteration

divyaṃ sarasvatītīre vyāsenārādhitaṃ purā | āmarddakī nadī yatra sarasvatyā sahaikatām

Translation

سرسوتی کے کنارے ایک دیویہ تیرتھ ہے جس کی قدیم زمانے میں ویاس نے عبادت کی تھی—جہاں آمردّکی ندی سرسوتی کے ساتھ ایک ہو جاتی ہے۔

Word by Word

• दिव्यम्: divine, splendid
• दिव्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Nom/Acc, Singular)

• सरस्वतीतीरे: on the bank of Sarasvatī
• सरस्वतीतीरे: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरस्वती-तीर (प्रातिपदिक; सरस्वती + तीर)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Locative singular)

• व्यासेन: by Vyāsa
• व्यासेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Instrumental singular)

• आराधितम्: worshipped, propitiated
• आराधितम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-राध् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे ‘पूजितम्/आराधितम्’ (Past passive participle, neuter sg)

• पुरा: formerly, in ancient times
• पुरा: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• आमर्द्दकी: Āmarddakī (river-name)
• आमर्द्दकी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आमर्द्दकी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Nominative singular)

• नदी: river
• नदी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नदी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Nominative singular)

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय/सम्बन्धबोधक (relative adverb: where)

• सरस्वत्या: with Sarasvatī
• सरस्वत्या: Sahartha (Association/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरस्वती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Instrumental singular)

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahartha (Association/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: सह-अव्यय (preposition-like indeclinable: with)

• एकताम्: oneness, union
• एकताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एकता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Accusative singular)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Āmardakī–Sarasvatī Saṅgama (divya-tīrtha)

Type: sangam

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Vyāsa performs worship on the Sarasvatī bank at a luminous confluence where the Āmardakī merges into Sarasvatī; two streams meet, with a small altar and ascetic presence.

Characters & Entities

• Sarasvatī River
• Vyāsa
• Āmarddakī River

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A confluence and a riverbank become supremely sacred through ancient worship by great ṛṣis and through the meeting of waters.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A divine Sarasvatī-tīrtha at the point where the Āmarddakī unites with the Sarasvatī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is given; the verse highlights ārādhana (worship) performed there by Vyāsa as the model.