Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

सा ध्याता तत्क्षणात्तत्र शिवेन सह संगता । एवं स भगवांस्तत्र जाह्नवीं भजते सदा

Transliteration

sā dhyātā tatkṣaṇāttatra śivena saha saṃgatā | evaṃ sa bhagavāṃstatra jāhnavīṃ bhajate sadā

Translation

她一被观想，刹那间便在彼处显现，与湿婆（Śiva）相合。于是，在那圣地，世尊恒常敬奉阇诃那毗（Jāhnavī，即恒河）。

Word by Word

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

• ध्याता: was meditated upon
• ध्याता: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ध्यै (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (Past Passive Participle used predicatively), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (ध्याता = ध्याता/ध्यातā)

• तत्क्षणात्: immediately, at that very moment
• तत्क्षणात्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत् (सर्वनाम) + क्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव (तत् + क्षणात्), पञ्चमी-अर्थे अव्यय (immediately)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (Locative adverb)

• शिवेन: with Śiva
• शिवेन: Sahartha (Accompaniment/सहार्थ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahartha (Accompaniment/सहार्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (Preposition/particle of accompaniment)

• संगता: joined, came together
• संगता: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (Past Passive Participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; उपसर्गः—सम्

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (Manner adverb)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• भगवान्: the Blessed Lord
• भगवान्: Apposition (Samānādhikaraṇa/समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (Locative adverb)

• जाह्नवीम्: Jāhnavī (Gaṅgā)
• जाह्नवीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जाह्नवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• भजते: worships/serves/partakes
• भजते: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भज् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

• सदा: always
• सदा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (Temporal adverb)

Speaker

Purāṇic narrator (contextual; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gaṅgā-sannidhi tīrtha at Arbuda (as established by prādurbhāva)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: From the still waters around meditating Śiva, Gaṅgā appears instantly—either as a radiant goddess rising from the pond or as a celestial stream descending into the kunda—joining Śiva in sacred union; the place is marked as eternally devoted to Jāhnavī.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Gaṅgā (Jāhnavī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Meditation on the sacred is presented as immediately efficacious—divine presence responds to sincere dhyāna.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The local Arbuda setting is sanctified by Gaṅgā’s invoked presence, portraying the place as Gaṅgā-tīrtha by association.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dhyāna (meditative invocation) is emphasized as a potent spiritual practice.