Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 164

Devanagari script

गोमतीनीरधौतानि यस्यांगानि कलौ युगे । मुनिभिर्योनिगमनं तस्य दृष्टं न पुत्रक

Transliteration

gomatīnīradhautāni yasyāṃgāni kalau yuge | munibhiryonigamanaṃ tasya dṛṣṭaṃ na putraka

Translation

Im Kali-Zeitalter sehen die Weisen bei dem, dessen Glieder von den Wassern der Gomati gereinigt wurden, kein weiteres Absinken in niedere Geburten — o lieber Sohn.

Word by Word

• गोमती: of the Gomati (river)
• गोमती: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोमती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषे पूर्वपद-सम्बन्धः (genitive relation as first member), एकवचन (stem used in compound)

• नीर: water
• नीर: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषे पूर्वपद-सम्बन्धः (genitive relation as first member), एकवचन (stem used in compound)

• धौतानि: washed/cleansed
• धौतानि: Visheshana (Adjectival)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धौत (√धाव्/धौ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त))
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying ‘aṅgāni’)

• यस्य: whose
• यस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; सम्बन्धे (relative pronoun, genitive)

• अङ्गानि: limbs
• अङ्गानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; कर्तृ/विषय-रूपे (subject/topic)

• कलौ: in Kali (age)
• कलौ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कलि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; अधिकरणम् (locative)

• युगे: in the age
• युगे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; अधिकरणम् (locative)

• मुनिभिः: by sages
• मुनिभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; करणम्/कर्तृ-निर्देशः (agent/instrument in passive)

• योनि: of birth/womb
• योनि: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषे पूर्वपद-सम्बन्धः (genitive relation as first member), एकवचन (stem used in compound)

• गमनम्: going into a womb (rebirth)
• गमनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गमन (√गम् (धातु) + ल्युट् (प्रत्यय) प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘योनि-गमनम्’ = षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (going to/into a womb; rebirth)

• तस्य: of him/for him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; सम्बन्धः (genitive)

• दृष्टम्: (has been) seen
• दृष्टम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृष्ट (√दृश् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त))
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle) नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे (passive sense: ‘has been seen’)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• पुत्रक: O dear son
• पुत्रक: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्रक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; सम्बोधनम् (vocative address)

Speaker

Pitṛs (ancestral beings), continuing instruction

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gomatī (Dvārakā)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: putraka (dear son) addressed

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims at Gomati Ghat in Kali-yuga: a bather pours water over head and limbs; sages (ṛṣis) in the background ‘see’ with inner vision that no further fall into lower births awaits the purified devotee.

Characters & Entities

• Gomatī (river)
• Kali Yuga
• Munis (sages)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-snānā (holy bathing) in Gomati is praised as a powerful purifier in Kali Yuga, preventing spiritual downfall into lesser births.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Gomati (Gomatī) associated with Dvārakā—especially its sacred waters revered in Dvārakā Māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna/ritual cleansing by the waters of the Gomati is implied as the key practice.