Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 124

Devanagari script

महाकालस्य ये चान्ये गणपाः संति पार्श्वगाः । गंगा च यमुना चैव तथा देवी सरस्वती

Transliteration

mahākālasya ye cānye gaṇapāḥ saṃti pārśvagāḥ | gaṃgā ca yamunā caiva tathā devī sarasvatī

Translation

مہاکال کے دیگر گن پال بھی وہاں قریب کھڑے ہیں؛ گنگا اور یمنا بھی، اور اسی طرح دیوی سرسوتی بھی۔

Word by Word

• महा-कालस्य: of Mahākāla
• महा-कालस्य: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास; पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th case), एकवचन

• ये: who/which
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha-bodhaka (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (and)

• अन्ये: others
• अन्ये: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), बहुवचन

• गणपाः: gaṇa-guards/attendants
• गणपाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गणप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), बहुवचन

• सन्ति: are
• सन्ति: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• पार्श्वगाः: standing/going at the side
• पार्श्वगाः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पार्श्व (प्रातिपदिक) + ग (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उपपद-तत्पुरुष (पार्श्वं गच्छन्ति/पार्श्वे गता:); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), बहुवचन

• गङ्गा: Gaṅgā
• गङ्गा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गङ्गा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha-bodhaka (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (and)

• यमुना: Yamunā
• यमुना: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यमुना (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha-bodhaka (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (and)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha-bodhaka (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (particle of emphasis: 'indeed/just')

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha-bodhaka (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (thus/likewise)

• देवी: the goddess
• देवी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

• सरस्वती: Sarasvatī
• सरस्वती: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरस्वती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Mahākāla’s gaṇas stand guard while the river-goddesses Gaṅgā, Yamunā, and Sarasvatī appear in divine form, indicating their subtle presence at Prabhāsa.

Characters & Entities

• Mahākāla
• Gaṅgā
• Yamunā
• Sarasvatī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A supreme tīrtha is envisioned as containing the essence of many holy rivers and divine attendants, concentrating sanctity in one place.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, associated with Mahākāla and the presence of major sacred rivers.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse supports tīrtha-sevā (reverent visitation) by praising the site’s sacred presences.