Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 71

Devanagari script

अपि पापसमाचारः किं पुनर्धार्मिकः शुचिः । गोमती संगमे स्नात्वा चक्रतीर्थे तथैव च । मुच्यते पातकैर्घोरै र्मानवो नात्र संशयः

Transliteration

api pāpasamācāraḥ kiṃ punardhārmikaḥ śuciḥ | gomatī saṃgame snātvā cakratīrthe tathaiva ca | mucyate pātakairghorai rmānavo nātra saṃśayaḥ

Translation

حتى من اعتاد سلوك الإثم—فكيف بالبارّ الطاهر—إذا اغتسل عند ملتقى نهر غوماتي، وكذلك في تيرثا الشاكرا (Cakratīrtha)، تحرّر الإنسان من الذنوب المروّعة؛ ولا شكّ في ذلك.

Word by Word

• api: even
• api: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्भावन/अपि-कारक अव्यय (even/also)

• pāpa-samācāraḥ: a person of sinful conduct
• pāpa-samācāraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक) + samācāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘पापः समाचारा यस्य’ इत्यर्थे व्यवहारतः (one of sinful conduct)

• kim: what (then)
• kim: Sambandha (Interrogative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रश्नार्थक अव्यय-प्रयोग (interrogative particle)

• punar: then/how much more
• punar: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punar (अव्यय)
• Form: पुनरित्यव्ययम् (again/then; emphatic)

• dhārmikaḥ: a righteous person
• dhārmikaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhārmika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• śuciḥ: pure
• śuciḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śuci (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; धārmikaḥ इति विशेषण

• gomatī: (of) the Gomati (river)
• gomatī: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gomatī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, षष्ठी (6th) एकवचन-समर्थे सप्तमी-समासार्थे; संगमे इति सह (at the confluence of the Gomati)

• saṃgame: at the confluence
• saṃgame: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃgama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• snātvā: having bathed
• snātvā: Pūrvakāla (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √snā (स्ना)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive) = ‘स्नात्वा’ (having bathed)

• cakra-tīrthe: at the Cakra-tirtha
• cakra-tīrthe: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cakra (प्रातिपदिक) + tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; ‘चक्रस्य तीर्थे’

• tathā: likewise
• tathā: Sambandha (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक अव्यय (thus/likewise)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (emphatic)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय

• mucyate: is freed
• mucyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √muc (मुच्)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive sense)

• pātakaiḥ: from sins
• pātakaiḥ: Hetu/Instrument (Cause/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pātaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन

• ghoraiḥ: terrible
• ghoraiḥ: Hetu/Instrument (Cause/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ghora (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; पातकैः इति विशेषण

• mānavaḥ: a human being
• mānavaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mānava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• na: no/not
• na: Pratiṣedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय

• atra: here/in this matter
• atra: Deśa (Place/देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय

• saṃśayaḥ: doubt
• saṃśayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃśaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrative voice (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Dvārakā Māhātmya; specific speaker not explicit in this excerpt)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gomatī-saṅgama and Cakratīrtha (Dvārakā)

Type: sangam

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims bathe at the Gomatī confluence; nearby is Cakratīrtha marked by a cakra emblem; water glitters, and a sense of cleansing radiates as dark stains wash away.

Characters & Entities

• Gomatī
• Saṅgama
• Cakratīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-snānā (ritual bathing at a sacred site) is upheld as a powerful means of purification, accessible even to grievous sinners.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Gomatī confluence (Gomatī-saṅgama) and Cakratīrtha in the Dvārakā sacred landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bathing (snāna) at Gomatī-saṅgama and at Cakratīrtha for removal of sins.