Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 44

Devanagari script

गोमूत्रं गोमयं क्षीरं दधि सर्पिस्तथैव च । गवां पंच पवित्राणि पुनंति सकलं जगत्

Transliteration

gomūtraṃ gomayaṃ kṣīraṃ dadhi sarpistathaiva ca | gavāṃ paṃca pavitrāṇi punaṃti sakalaṃ jagat

Translation

بولُ البقرة وروثُها ولبنُها واللَّبَنُ الرائبُ والسَّمْنُ المُصفّى (الغي) — هذه الخمسةُ من مطهِّراتِ البقرة تُطهِّرُ العالمَ كلَّه.

Word by Word

• गोमूत्रम्: cow-urine
• गोमूत्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो (प्रातिपदिक) + मूत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd Nom/Acc), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (गोः मूत्रम्)

• गोमयम्: cow-dung
• गोमयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो (प्रातिपदिक) + मय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (गोः मयम्)

• क्षीरम्: milk
• क्षीरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• दधि: curd; yogurt
• दधि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• सर्पिः: ghee
• सर्पिः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्पिस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (adverb)

• एव: indeed; just
• एव: Avadharana (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चय/अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordinator/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• गवाम्: of cows
• गवाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• पञ्च: five
• पञ्च: Visheshana (Numeral qualifier/संख्या-विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पञ्च (अव्यय/संख्याशब्द)
• Form: संख्यावाचक-अव्यय (numeral, indeclinable)

• पवित्राणि: purifiers; sacred purifying things
• पवित्राणि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पवित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• पुनन्ति: purify
• पुनन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पू (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• सकलम्: entire
• सकलम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सकल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• जगत्: world
• जगत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

Speaker

Āpastamba (contextual continuation)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Five vessels are arranged—cow-urine, cow-dung, milk, curd, and ghee—before a shrine; a priest prepares a purificatory mixture while devotees watch with faith.

Characters & Entities

• Āpastamba
• Pañcagavya (five products of the cow)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The cow is portrayed as a comprehensive source of purification, linking bodily cleanliness with sacred order (dharma).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where teachings on ritual purity are woven into the site’s greatness narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Use and reverence of the pañcagavya (five cow-products) as purifiers.