Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

सारस्वत उवाच । वामनो वसतिं चक्रे भवस्याग्रे नृपोत्तम । स्वर्णरेखाजले स्नात्वा भवं सम्पूज्य भावतः

Transliteration

sārasvata uvāca | vāmano vasatiṃ cakre bhavasyāgre nṛpottama | svarṇarekhājale snātvā bhavaṃ sampūjya bhāvataḥ

Translation

سارَسوت نے کہا: “اے بہترین بادشاہ! وامَن نے بھَو (شیو) کے حضور اپنا قیام کیا۔ سُورن ریکھا کے جل میں اشنان کر کے، اس نے دل کی بھکتی سے بھَو کی پوجا کی۔”

Word by Word

• sārasvataḥ: Sārasvata
• sārasvataḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sārasvata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• vāmanaḥ: Vāmana
• vāmanaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāmana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• vasatim: a dwelling/residence
• vasatim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vasati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• cakre: made
• cakre: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

• bhavasya: of Bhava (Śiva)
• bhavasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• agre: in front (of)
• agre: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: agra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• nṛpa-uttama: O best of kings
• nṛpa-uttama: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛpa + uttama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन; समासः नृपः उत्तमः (कर्मधारय)

• svarṇarekhā-jale: in the water of (the river) Svarṇarekhā
• svarṇarekhā-jale: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: svarṇa + rekhā + jala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; समासः स्वर्णरेखा-जल (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘of Svarṇarekhā’ + ‘water’)

• snātvā: having bathed
• snātvā: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: snā (धातु) → snāta (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having bathed)

• bhavam: Bhava (Śiva)
• bhavam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• sampūjya: having worshipped well
• sampūjya: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam + √pūj (धातु) → sampūjya (कृदन्त)
• Form: ल्यप्/य-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), पूर्वकालिक (having duly worshipped)

• bhāvataḥ: devoutly
• bhāvataḥ: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bhāva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त (with devotion/with true feeling)

Speaker

Sārasvata

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Svarṇarekhā (at Vastrāpatha)

Type: river

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rājā

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Vāmana, the dwarf brāhmaṇa form, settles near Śiva’s shrine; he bathes in the shimmering Svarṇarekhā waters and offers pūjā to Bhava with concentrated devotion.

Characters & Entities

• Sārasvata
• Vāmana
• Bhava (Śiva)
• Svarṇarekhā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

At a holy place, purification through bathing and sincere worship of the deity is presented as the proper foundation for spiritual attainment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Svarṇarekhā-jala (the sacred waters) and Vastrāpatha Mahākṣetra within Prabhāsa are highlighted.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) in Svarṇarekhā and devotional pūjā of Bhava (Śiva).