Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

गोमती च समानीता तपसा नृपसत्तम । तत्र स्नातो नरः सम्यक्पातकै र्विप्रमुच्यते

Transliteration

gomatī ca samānītā tapasā nṛpasattama | tatra snāto naraḥ samyakpātakai rvipramucyate

Translation

يا خيرَ الملوك، لقد جِيءَ بنهرِ غوماتي إلى ذلك الموضع بقوةِ التَّقشُّف. ومن اغتسل هناك على الوجه الصحيح تخلَّص تخلُّصًا تامًّا من الذنوب والمخالفات.

Word by Word

• गोमती: (the river) Gomatī
• गोमती: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोमती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Feminine, nominative singular

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

• समानीता: was brought/led
• समानीता: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + आ + नी (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय, भूतकर्मणि), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Past passive participle, feminine nominative singular

• तपसा: by austerity
• तपसा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन — Neuter, instrumental singular

• नृपसत्तम: O best of kings
• नृपसत्तम: Sambodhana (Vocative/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप (प्रातिपदिक) + सत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन — Masculine, vocative singular

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (स्थानवाचक क्रियाविशेषण) — indeclinable adverb of place

• स्नातः: having bathed
• स्नातः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Past participle, masculine nominative singular

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Masculine, nominative singular

• सम्यक्: properly
• सम्यक्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्यक् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (रीतिवाचक क्रियाविशेषण) — indeclinable adverb of manner

• पातकैः: from sins (lit. by sins)
• पातकैः: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पातक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन — Neuter, instrumental plural

• विप्रमुच्यते: is completely freed
• विप्रमुच्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + प्र + मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद, कर्मणि-प्रयोग — Present, 3rd person singular, passive/reflexive sense

Speaker

Pulastya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gomatī at Vasiṣṭha-kuṇḍa (implied)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A king (nṛpasattama/nṛpaśreṣṭha)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Vasiṣṭha performs austerity; from the earth or sky, the river Gomatī manifests and fills the kunda; pilgrims bathe as a luminous current enters the pool, symbolizing pātaka release.

Characters & Entities

• Gomatī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Austerity sanctifies geography; bathing at such sanctified waters is taught as a means of inner and karmic purification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The bathing place at/near Vasiṣṭha’s kuṇḍa where Gomatī is said to have been brought through tapas.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) at the tīrtha for removal of pātakas.