Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 59
Devanagari script
गोमतीस्नानमात्रेण मानवो नात्र संशयः । सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तो याति विष्णुं सनातनम्
Transliteration
gomatīsnānamātreṇa mānavo nātra saṃśayaḥ | sarvapāpavinirmukto yāti viṣṇuṃ sanātanam
Translation
গোমতীতে কেবল স্নানমাত্রেই—এতে কোনো সন্দেহ নেই—মানুষ সর্বপাপমুক্ত হয়ে সনাতন বিষ্ণুকে লাভ করে।
Word by Word
gomatī-snāna-mātreṇaby merely bathing in the Gomati
gomatī-snāna-mātreṇa:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootgomatī (प्रातिपदिक) + snāna (प्रातिपदिक) + mātra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन — Neuter, Instrumental, Singular; तत्पुरुष (गोमती-स्नानस्य मात्रेण = केवलस्नानेन)
mānavaḥa man/human
mānavaḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootmānava (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Singular
nanot
na:
Sambandha (Negation)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
Formनिषेधार्थक-निपात (negation particle)
atrahere/in this matter
atra:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootatra (अव्यय)
Formदेशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)
saṃśayaḥdoubt
saṃśayaḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootsaṃśaya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Singular
sarva-pāpa-vinirmuktaḥfreed from all sins
sarva-pāpa-vinirmuktaḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootsarva (प्रातिपदिक) + pāpa (प्रातिपदिक) + vi-nis-√muc (धातु) + vinirmukta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Singular; भूतकृदन्त (क्त) ‘विनिर्मुक्त’; तत्पुरुष (सर्वपापेभ्यः विनिर्मुक्तः)
yātigoes/attains
yāti:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√yā (धातु)
Formलट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — Present, 3rd person, Singular
viṣṇumViṣṇu
viṣṇum:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootviṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Masculine, Accusative, Singular
sanātanameternal
sanātanam:
Visheshana (Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootsanātana (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Masculine, Accusative, Singular
Speaker
Śrī Prahlāda (contextual attribution: Dvārakā Māhātmya narration)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Gomātī (Dvārakā)
Type: ghat
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Pilgrims at dawn bathe at the Gomātī ghāṭa near Dvārakā, offering arghya; the river meets the sea, and Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa is envisioned as the inner goal of the rite.
Characters & Entities
G
GomātīV
ViṣṇuFAQs
Faithful contact with a sanctified river is taught as a direct means to purification and God-attainment.
The Gomātī river at Dvārakā (Gomātī-snānā) is explicitly praised.
Gomātī-snāna (ritual bathing in the Gomātī).