Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

गंगास्नानेन यत्पुण्यं प्रयागे परिकीर्त्तितम् । तत्पुण्यं समवाप्नोति गोमत्यां श्राद्धकृन्नरः

Transliteration

gaṃgāsnānena yatpuṇyaṃ prayāge parikīrttitam | tatpuṇyaṃ samavāpnoti gomatyāṃ śrāddhakṛnnaraḥ

Translation

প্রয়াগে গঙ্গাস্নানে যে পুণ্য কীর্তিত হয়েছে, সেই পুণ্যই গোমতীতে শ্রাদ্ধকারী ব্যক্তি লাভ করেন।

Word by Word

• गङ्गास्नानेन: by bathing in the Ganga
• गङ्गास्नानेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गङ्गा (प्रातिपदिक) + स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (गङ्गायाः स्नानेन)

• यत्: which
• यत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative)

• पुण्यम्: merit
• पुण्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• प्रयागे: at Prayaga
• प्रयागे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रयाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• परिकीर्तितम्: is proclaimed/declared
• परिकीर्तितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परि + कीर्त् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त—भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगः

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; निर्देशक (demonstrative)

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

• समवाप्नोति: attains
• समवाप्नोति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + अव + आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• गोमत्याम्: in/at the Gomati (river)
• गोमत्याम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोमती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• श्राद्धकृत्: one who performs śrāddha
• श्राद्धकृत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्राद्ध (प्रातिपदिक) + कृ (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त—कृत् (कर्तरि), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (श्राद्धं करोति)

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (deduced: Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa māhātmya narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gomatī (Dvārakā)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrim audience; brāhmaṇa addressee continues from prior verse context

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A diptych-like composition: left panel shows pilgrims bathing at Prayāga’s Gaṅgā with confluence imagery; right panel shows śrāddha at Gomati ghāṭa—both connected by a ribbon of light indicating equal merit.

Characters & Entities

• Gomatī
• Gaṅgā
• Prayāga
• Śrāddha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred places carry distinct spiritual potency; Gomati specifically empowers śrāddha to equal famed merits of Gaṅgā-bathing at Prayāga.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Gomatī-tīrtha (compared with Gaṅgā at Prayāga).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śrāddha at Gomati; it is equated in merit with Gaṅgā-snāna at Prayāga.