Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

सिंहस्थे च गुरौ विप्रा गोदावर्य्यां तु यत्फलम् । तत्फलं स्नानमात्रेण गोमत्यां कृष्णसन्निधौ

Transliteration

siṃhasthe ca gurau viprā godāvaryyāṃ tu yatphalam | tatphalaṃ snānamātreṇa gomatyāṃ kṛṣṇasannidhau

Translation

يا معشرَ البراهمة، إنّ الثوابَ الذي يُنال في نهرِ غودافري حين يكون المُعلِّم (المشتري) في برجِ الأسد—ذلك الثوابُ بعينه يُنال بمجردِ الاغتسال في نهرِ غوماتي، في حضرةِ كريشنا.

Word by Word

• siṃhasthe: Situated in Leo (Zodiac)
• siṃhasthe: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: siṃhastha (siṃha + stha)
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular (Upapada Tatpurusha)

• ca: And
• ca: Connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction

• gurau: When Jupiter (is)
• gurau: Sati Saptami (Locative Absolute)
• Type: Noun
• Root: guru (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• viprāḥ: O Brahmins
• viprāḥ: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vipra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Plural

• godāvaryyāṃ: In the Godavari river
• godāvaryyāṃ: Adhikaraṇa (Locus)
• Type: Noun
• Root: godāvarī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• tu: Indeed/But
• tu: Emphasis
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle

• yatphalam: Whatever fruit/merit
• yatphalam: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yatphala (yad + phala)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• tatphalaṃ: That fruit/merit
• tatphalaṃ: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tatphala (tad + phala)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• snānamātreṇa: Merely by bathing
• snānamātreṇa: Karana (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: snānamātra (snāna + mātra)
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• gomatyāṃ: In the Gomati
• gomatyāṃ: Adhikaraṇa (Locus)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gomati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• kṛṣṇasannidhau: In the presence of Krishna
• kṛṣṇasannidhau: Adhikaraṇa (Locus)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛṣṇasannidhi (kṛṣṇa + sannidhi)
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular (Shasthi Tatpurusha)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced from Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gomatī (Dvārakā)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: viprāḥ (brāhmaṇas)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims bathing in the Gomati with Dvārakā temple visible; a subtle celestial motif of Jupiter and Leo appears as a comparison cloud, while Kṛṣṇa’s presence radiates from the shrine.

Characters & Entities

• Jupiter (Guru)
• Siṃhastha
• Godāvarī
• Gomatī
• Kṛṣṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dwārakā’s Gomati is exalted as so potent that simple bathing there equals famed astrological pilgrimage merits elsewhere.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Gomati river at Dwārakā, explicitly tied to Kṛṣṇa’s presence.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) in the Gomati is prescribed as highly meritorious.