Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

एवमुक्ता च रुद्रेण जाह्नवी नृपसत्तम । कुण्डान्निर्गत्य सा गंगा सम्मुखं प्रययौ तदा

Transliteration

evamuktā ca rudreṇa jāhnavī nṛpasattama | kuṇḍānnirgatya sā gaṃgā sammukhaṃ prayayau tadā

Translation

Được Rudra dạy như thế, hỡi bậc vương giả tối thượng, Jāhnavī—sông Gaṅgā—bước ra khỏi hồ thiêng và khi ấy tiến thẳng về phía trước để gặp nàng.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषणम्/adverb): ‘एवम्’ = thus

• उक्ता: spoken to / addressed
• उक्ता: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वच् (धातु) → उक्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय, past passive participle); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (agreeing with ‘जाह्नवी’)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक/conjunction)

• रुद्रेण: by Rudra
• रुद्रेण: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), एकवचन; Instrumental: ‘by Rudra’

• जाह्नवी: Jāhnavī (Ganga)
• जाह्नवी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जाह्नवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; proper noun (Ganga)

• नृपसत्तम: O best of kings
• नृपसत्तम: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप + सत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; पुंलिङ्ग; तत्पुरुषः (नृपाणां सत्तमः)

• कुण्डात्: from the pool
• कुण्डात्: Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (अपादान), एकवचन; Ablative: ‘from the pool’

• निर्गत्य: having emerged
• निर्गत्य: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: निर् + गम् (धातु) → निर्गत्य (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive): ‘having come out’

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• गंगा: Ganga
• गंगा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गङ्गा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; apposition to ‘सा’

• सम्मुखम्: to the front / face to face
• सम्मुखम्: Deśa-adhikaraṇa (Locative sense/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्मुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (दिशावाचक/adverb of direction): ‘in front/face to face’

• प्रययौ: went forth
• प्रययौ: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + या (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time adjunct/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक/adverb of time): ‘then’

Speaker

Pulastya (narrator) addressing a king (listener implied by vocative)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: (Unnamed) Arbuda-kuṇḍa associated with Gaṅgā’s presence

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: nṛpasattama (best of kings)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Gaṅgā, addressed by Rudra, rises from a sacred pool and moves straight ahead to meet the approaching Devī; the king is addressed by the narrator.

Characters & Entities

• Rudra (Śiva)
• Jāhnavī (Gaṅgā)
• Kuṇḍa (sacred pool)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine instruction leads to right action: sacred beings move in accord with dharma, advancing toward reconciliation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A kuṇḍa (sacred pond) in the Arbuda-khaṇḍa setting is indicated, highlighting tīrtha-sacrality through Gaṅgā’s presence.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the mention of a kuṇḍa implies tīrtha context often associated with snāna, but this verse narrates movement, not a rite.