Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 83

Devanagari script

गोमतीनीरपूतानां कृष्णवक्त्रावलोकि नाम् । दर्शनात्पातकं तेषां याति वर्षशतार्जितम्

Transliteration

gomatīnīrapūtānāṃ kṛṣṇavaktrāvaloki nām | darśanātpātakaṃ teṣāṃ yāti varṣaśatārjitam

Translation

Für jene, die durch die Wasser der Gomati gereinigt und durch den Anblick von Kṛṣṇas Antlitz gesegnet sind, weichen durch eben dieses Darśana die in hundert Jahren angesammelten Sünden.

Word by Word

• गोमतीनीरपूतानाम्: of those purified by the waters of the Gomati
• गोमतीनीरपूतानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गोमती (प्रातिपदिक) + नीर (प्रातिपदिक) + पूत (कृदन्त; √पू पवने/शुद्धौ)
• Form: बहुवचन, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग-सम्बन्धि विशेषण; समासः—(गोमती-नीर)-पूत = गोमती-जल-शुद्धितानाम् (those purified by Gomati water)

• कृष्णवक्त्रावलोकिनाम्: of those who have beheld Krishna’s face
• कृष्णवक्त्रावलोकिनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक) + वक्त्र (प्रातिपदिक) + अवलोकिन् (प्रातिपदिक; √लोक् अवलोकने)
• Form: बहुवचन, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), पुल्लिङ्ग; समासः—कृष्ण-वक्त्र-अवलोकिन् = कृष्णस्य वक्त्रं ये अवलोकयन्ति/अवलोकितवन्तः तेषाम्

• दर्शनात्: from/by (that) sight
• दर्शनात्: Apadana (Source/Cause—ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक; √दृश् दर्शने)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• पातकम्: sin
• पातकम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पातक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन, सर्वनाम

• याति: goes away / departs
• याति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √या (धातु; गतौ)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• वर्षशतार्जितम्: accumulated over a hundred years
• वर्षशतार्जितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वर्ष (प्रातिपदिक) + शत (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्जित (कृदन्त; √अर्ज् अर्जने)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—वर्ष-शत-अर्जित = वर्षशतेन अर्जितम् (accumulated over a hundred years)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa, Dvārakā-māhātmya narration style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gomatī (Dvārakā)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (implicit continuation)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims bathe at the Gomati ghats, then walk with wet hair and folded hands toward the temple to behold Kṛṣṇa’s radiant face; the sense is of sins washing away like dark smoke dissolving in light.

Characters & Entities

• Gomatī
• Kṛṣṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-snān and divine darśana together bring swift purification, dissolving even long-accumulated wrongdoing.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Gomati in Dvārakā, along with Kṛṣṇa’s darśana, is praised as a supreme purifier.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Purification through Gomati waters (snāna implied) and receiving Kṛṣṇa’s darśana.