Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

प्रक्षाल्य सा हरेः पादौ प्रविष्टा वरुणालयम् । तस्मिन्महापापहरा गोमती सागरं गता

Transliteration

prakṣālya sā hareḥ pādau praviṣṭā varuṇālayam | tasminmahāpāpaharā gomatī sāgaraṃ gatā

Translation

Nachdem sie Haris Füße gewaschen hatte, trat sie in Varuṇas Wohnstatt ein, den Ozean. Dort floss die Gomati, die große Sünden vernichtet, weiter und gelangte ins Meer.

Word by Word

• prakṣālya: having washed thoroughly
• prakṣālya: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṣāl (क्षाल् धातु, 'to wash') with pra- (उपसर्ग)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव

• sā: she (that river)
• sā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• hareḥ: of Hari
• hareḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hari (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• pādau: (two) feet
• pādau: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), द्विवचन

• praviṣṭā: entered
• praviṣṭā: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: viś (विश् धातु) with pra- (उपसर्ग)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोगे 'entered'

• varuṇālayam: Varuṇa's abode (the ocean)
• varuṇālayam: Karma (Goal/Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: varuṇa + ālaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (varuṇasya ālayaḥ)

• tasmin: in that (place)
• tasmin: Adhikarana (Location/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• mahāpāpaharā: remover of great sins
• mahāpāpaharā: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahā + pāpa + harā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (mahāni pāpāni harati)

• gomatī: Gomatī (river)
• gomatī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gomatī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• sāgaram: to the ocean
• sāgaram: Karma (Goal/Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sāgara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• gatā: went
• gatā: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (गम् धातु)
• Form: क्त (past participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोगे

Speaker

Prahlāda (narration continues under 'Prahlāda uvāca')

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gomatī–Sāgara-saṅgama (Dvārakā)

Type: sangam

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At Dvārakā’s river-mouth, the personified Gomatī reverently washes Hari’s feet; the waters shimmer as she flows into Varuṇa’s ocean, carrying away sins.

Characters & Entities

• Hari (Viṣṇu)
• Varuṇa
• Varuṇālaya (ocean)
• Gomatī
• Sāgara (sea)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Contact with Hari sanctifies waters and places; the tīrtha becomes a channel for the removal of even grave sins.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Gomatī’s sacred approach and entry into the ocean near Dvārakā, linked with Cakratīrtha’s sanctity.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, bathing at the Gomatī–ocean sacred zone is praised as sin-destroying; no step-by-step rite is stated in this verse.