Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 40

Devanagari script

यं यं कामयते कामं स्वर्गमोक्षादिकं नरः । तत्सर्वं समवाप्नोति यः स्नाति गोपिकासरे

Transliteration

yaṃ yaṃ kāmayate kāmaṃ svargamokṣādikaṃ naraḥ | tatsarvaṃ samavāpnoti yaḥ snāti gopikāsare

Translation

Welches Verlangen ein Mensch auch hegt – Himmel, Befreiung (moksha) und dergleichen –, all dies erlangt, wer im Gopikā-sara, dem heiligen See der Gopīs, badet.

Word by Word

• यम्: which, whatever
• यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd); एकवचन (Singular); सर्वनाम

• यम्: whatever (any)
• यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd); एकवचन (Singular); पुनरुक्ति (correlative emphasis)

• कामयते: desires
• कामयते: Kriyā (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कामय् (धातु; नामधातु from काम)
• Form: लट् (Present); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person); एकवचन (Singular); आत्मनेपद

• कामम्: desire, wish
• कामम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd); एकवचन (Singular); यम्-इत्यस्य विशेष्य (apposition)

• स्वर्गमोक्षादिकम्: such as heaven and liberation, etc.
• स्वर्गमोक्षादिकम्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वर्ग (प्रातिपदिक) + मोक्ष (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक) + क (प्रत्यय; -क)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd); एकवचन (Singular); द्वन्द्व-समासः (स्वर्ग+मोक्ष) ततः ‘आदि’ सहित; विशेषण (of कामम्)

• नरः: a man, person
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st); एकवचन (Singular)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd); एकवचन (Singular); सर्वनाम; ‘सर्वम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषण

• सर्वम्: all (of it)
• सर्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd); एकवचन (Singular)

• समवाप्नोति: attains fully
• समवाप्नोति: Kriyā (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-अव-आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person); एकवचन (Singular); परस्मैपद

• यः: he who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st); एकवचन (Singular); सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun)

• स्नाति: bathes
• स्नाति: Kriyā (Relative-clause verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person); एकवचन (Singular); परस्मैपद

• गोपिकासरे: in the Gopikā lake
• गोपिकासरे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोपिका (प्रातिपदिक) + सरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th); एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: गोपिकायाः सरः (name of the lake)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gopikā-sara (Gopī-saras)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Gopīs (implied by surrounding verses)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims and gopī-figures approach a serene sacred lake near Dvārakā; the water glows as if granting boons; Kṛṣṇa’s presence is felt as a subtle aura over the saras.

Characters & Entities

• Gopikā-sara
• Svarga
• Mokṣa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A consecrated place (tīrtha) amplifies spiritual effort—its snāna is celebrated as a direct means to both worldly and liberating fruits.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Gopikā-sara, a sacred water-body in the Dvārakā Māhātmya of the Skanda Purāṇa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform snāna (ritual bathing) in Gopikā-sara, as part of the chapter’s arghya-and-mantra-based observance.