Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

यत्फलं गोग्रहे मृत्युं संप्राप्ता यांति मानवाः । तत्फलं चतुरो मासान्पूजया जलशायिनः

Transliteration

yatphalaṃ gograhe mṛtyuṃ saṃprāptā yāṃti mānavāḥ | tatphalaṃ caturo māsānpūjayā jalaśāyinaḥ

Translation

Welche geistige Frucht Menschen erlangen, wenn sie in Gograha dem Tod begegnen, dieselbe Frucht wird durch viermonatige Verehrung des Herrn Jalaśāyī, des auf den Wassern Ruhenden, gewonnen.

Word by Word

• yat: which
• yat: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• phalam: fruit
• phalam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• go-grahe: in the cow-pen/cowshed
• go-grahe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: go (प्रातिपदिक) + graha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (गोः ग्रहः), पुल्लिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• mṛtyum: death
• mṛtyum: Gati/Karma (Goal/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mṛtyu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• saṃprāptāḥ: having reached
• saṃprāptāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam√prāp (धातु) + saṃprāpta (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; qualifying mānavāḥ

• yānti: go
• yānti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √yā (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन

• mānavāḥ: people, humans
• mānavāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mānava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• tat: that
• tat: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• phalam: fruit
• phalam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• caturo: four
• caturo: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: catur (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: विशेषण; पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; modifies māsān

• māsān: months
• māsān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन

• pūjayā: by worship
• pūjayā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pūjā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; instrumental of means

• jala-śāyinaḥ: of the one who lies in water (Viṣṇu)
• jala-śāyinaḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jala (प्रातिपदिक) + śāyin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: तत्पुरुष (जले शायी), पुल्लिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; genitive with pūjayā (worship of)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gograha (comparative) / Jalaśāyī worship at Biladvāra (context)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: (Not stated)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Two-panel comparison: (1) a serene pilgrim at Gograha at life’s end with priests chanting; (2) devotees worshipping Jalaśāyī for four months with lamps and tulasī—both leading to the same radiant spiritual fruit.

Characters & Entities

• Gograha (tīrtha)
• Jalaśāyī (Viṣṇu)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional practice can match even rare, extraordinary tīrtha-fruits, making high merit accessible through worship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Gograha is explicitly mentioned as a place whose exceptional fruit is equated with Cāturmāsya worship of Jalaśāyī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform pūjā of Jalaśāyī continuously for four months (Cāturmāsya).