Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

गोमती नीरपूतानां कृष्णवक्त्रावलोकिनाम् । दर्शनात्पातकं तेषां याति जन्मशतार्जितम्

Transliteration

gomatī nīrapūtānāṃ kṛṣṇavaktrāvalokinām | darśanātpātakaṃ teṣāṃ yāti janmaśatārjitam

Translation

Für jene, die durch die Wasser der Gomati geläutert sind, und für jene, die das Antlitz Kṛṣṇas schauen, weicht die in hundert Geburten angesammelte Sünde allein durch diesen Anblick.

Word by Word

• गोमती: (the river) Gomati
• गोमती: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोमती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन — river-name

• नीरपूतानाम्: of those purified by water
• नीरपूतानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नीरपूत (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक; नीर + पूत)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन — 'of those purified by water'

• कृष्णवक्त्रावलोकिनाम्: of those who behold Kṛṣṇa’s face
• कृष्णवक्त्रावलोकिनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्णवक्त्रावलोकिन् (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक; कृष्ण + वक्त्र + अवलोकिन्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन — 'of those who look upon Kṛṣṇa’s face'

• दर्शनात्: by (their) sight/seeing
• दर्शनात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन — 'from/by (the) seeing'

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

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

• याति: goes away; departs
• याति: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद — 'goes away/goes'

• जन्मशतार्जितम्: accumulated over a hundred births
• जन्मशतार्जितम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जन्मशतार्जित (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक; जन्म + शत + अर्जित)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन — 'earned over a hundred births' (qualifies पातकम्)

Speaker

Narrator (within Dvārakā Māhātmya; speaker not explicit in this verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gomatī (Dvārakā)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At Gomati-ghāṭ, pilgrims bathe in clear water; droplets sparkle; then they lift their gaze to a sanctum where Kṛṣṇa’s face is revealed in darśana—sins depicted as dark wisps dissolving and drifting away.

Characters & Entities

• Gomatī (river)
• Kṛṣṇa
• Dvārakā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-snān (holy bathing) and Kṛṣṇa-darśana are portrayed as powerful means of dissolving long-stored karmic impurity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā—especially the Gomati river and the presence/darśana of Kṛṣṇa associated with the sacred locale.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Purification by Gomati water (snāna) and devotional seeing (darśana) of Kṛṣṇa.