Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

ततस्ते बलिना सार्धं मुनयः संशितव्रताः । आगत्य द्वारकां स्नात्वा गोमत्यां विधिपूर्वकम्

Transliteration

tataste balinā sārdhaṃ munayaḥ saṃśitavratāḥ | āgatya dvārakāṃ snātvā gomatyāṃ vidhipūrvakam

Translation

Daraufhin kamen jene Weisen mit festen Gelübden zusammen mit Bali nach Dvārakā und vollzogen gemäß den rechten Vorschriften das rituelle Bad in der Gomātī.

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण)

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम (they)

• बलिना: with Bali
• बलिना: Sahakaraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बलि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; सहार्थे

• सार्धम्: together with
• सार्धम्: Sahakaraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सार्धम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (उपसर्गार्थक/सहवाचक) = 'together with'

• मुनयः: sages
• मुनयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• संशितव्रताः: of firm vows
• संशितव्रताः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संशित + व्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः (संशितं व्रतं येषाम्/whose vows are firm)

• आगत्य: having arrived
• आगत्य: Kriya (Gerundial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund) = 'having come'

• द्वारकाम्: Dvārakā
• द्वारकाम्: Karma (Goal as object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वारका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Kriya (Gerundial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund) = 'having bathed'

• गोमत्याम्: in the Gomati (river)
• गोमत्याम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोमती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; नदी/तीर्थनाम

• विधिपूर्वकम्: according to proper procedure
• विधिपूर्वकम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विधि + पूर्वक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समासः; अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः (क्रियाविशेषण) = 'according to rule'

Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gomatī (Dvārakā)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis (audience)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At dawn on the Gomatī, sages with matted hair and Bali with modest royal bearing enter the water; they perform ācamana and saṅkalpa; the river reflects temple spires; attendants hold garments and waterpots.

Characters & Entities

• Dvārakā
• Gomatī
• Bali
• Munis

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage is completed through disciplined observance—purification (snāna) performed with reverence to scriptural procedure.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā and the sacred Gomatī river associated with Dvārakā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Vidhi-pūrvaka snāna (ritual bathing according to injunction) in the Gomatī upon reaching Dvārakā.