Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

वज्रिण्यास्तु तटे देवि लिंगान्येकोनविंशतिः । न्यंकुमत्यास्तटे देवि सहस्रं द्विशताधिकम्

Transliteration

vajriṇyāstu taṭe devi liṃgānyekonaviṃśatiḥ | nyaṃkumatyāstaṭe devi sahasraṃ dviśatādhikam

Translation

“Trên bờ sông Vajriṇī, hỡi Devī, có mười chín liṅga. Còn trên bờ sông Nyaṅkumatī, hỡi Devī, có một nghìn liṅga, lại thêm hai trăm nữa.”

Word by Word

• vajriṇyāḥ: of Vajriṇī (river/stream)
• vajriṇyāḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vajriṇī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• tu: but/indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), विरोध/विशेषार्थक (contrast/emphasis)

• taṭe: on the bank
• taṭe: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: taṭa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• devi: O goddess
• devi: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• liṅgāni: liṅgas (Śiva-emblems)
• liṅgāni: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन

• ekona-viṃśatiḥ: nineteen (one less than twenty)
• ekona-viṃśatiḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Numerical qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ekona (प्रातिपदिक) + viṃśati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; संख्यावाचक (cardinal number)

• nyaṃkumatyāḥ: of Nyaṃkumatī
• nyaṃkumatyāḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nyaṃkumatī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• taṭe: on the bank
• taṭe: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: taṭa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• devi: O goddess
• devi: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• sahasram: a thousand
• sahasram: Viśeṣaṇa (Numerical qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sahasra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom/Acc), एकवचन; संख्यावाचक

• dviśata-adhikam: with two hundred more (i.e., plus 200)
• dviśata-adhikam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dviśata (प्रातिपदिक) + adhika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; संख्याविशेषण (numerical adjectival)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vajriṇī-taṭa and Nyaṅkumatī-taṭa liṅga-kṣetras

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Two riverbanks shown side-by-side like a sacred map: Vajriṇī with a neat row of 19 liṅga shrines; Nyaṅkumatī sprawling with innumerable tiny liṅgas extending into the distance; Pārvatī listens as Śiva points to each bank.

Characters & Entities

• Vajriṇī
• Nyaṅkumatī
• Śiva-liṅga
• Devī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacredness is mapped onto landscape—riverbanks become corridors of worship where Śiva’s presence is multiplied through many liṅga-shrines.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Prabhāsa-kṣetra riverbank zones of Vajriṇī and Nyaṅkumatī, noted for their liṅga concentrations.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicit pilgrimage guidance: visit and worship liṅgas situated along these named riverbanks.