Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 200

Devanagari script

अर्चयेद्यस्तु गोविंदं गोप्रतारे हि मानवः । दशसौवर्णिकं पुण्यं गोप्रतारे प्रकथ्यते

Transliteration

arcayedyastu goviṃdaṃ gopratāre hi mānavaḥ | daśasauvarṇikaṃ puṇyaṃ gopratāre prakathyate

Translation

يا أيها الإنسان، من عبدَ جوفيندا عند المَعبر المقدّس المسمّى غوبْرَتارا—فقد أُعلن أن هذا التعبّد في غوبْرَتارا يمنح ثواباً كصدقة عشر قطع من الذهب.

Word by Word

• अर्चयेत्: should worship
• अर्चयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्च् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/Potential), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपदम्

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), विरोध/विशेषार्थक (but/indeed)

• गोविन्दम्: Govinda
• गोविन्दम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोविन्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• गोप्रतारे: at Gopratāra (place)
• गोप्रतारे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो-प्रतार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• हि: indeed/for
• हि: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), हेत्वर्थक/निश्चयार्थक (for/indeed)

• मानवः: a man
• मानवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• दशसौवर्णिकम्: worth ten gold pieces
• दशसौवर्णिकम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दश-सौवर्णिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (दशानां सौवर्णिकानां/दश-सुवर्ण-सम्बन्धि)

• पुण्यम्: merit
• पुण्यम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• गोप्रतारे: at Gopratāra
• गोप्रतारे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो-प्रतार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• प्रकथ्यते: is declared/taught
• प्रकथ्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-कथ् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपदम्; कर्मणि प्रयोगः (Passive voice)

Speaker

Brahmā (deduced, Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gopratāra

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim offers flowers and lamp to Govinda at the Gopratāra ghāṭa shrine; a small altar by the river; priests and other devotees nearby; the idea of ‘ten gold pieces’ suggested symbolically (gold coins or radiant aureole).

Characters & Entities

• Govinda
• Gopratāra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worship offered at a consecrated place multiplies merit; devotion to Govinda at a famed tīrtha is praised as highly efficacious.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Gopratāra, a sacred ford/tīrtha associated with Ayodhyā’s holy landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Govinda-pūjā (worship of Govinda) performed specifically at the Gopratāra tīrtha.