Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

गंगास्नानेन यत्पुण्यं प्रयागे परिकीर्त्तितम् । तत्पुण्यं समवाप्नोति गोमत्यां श्राद्धकृन्नरः

Transliteration

gaṃgāsnānena yatpuṇyaṃ prayāge parikīrttitam | tatpuṇyaṃ samavāpnoti gomatyāṃ śrāddhakṛnnaraḥ

Translation

Welche Verdienste auch für das Bad in der Gaṅgā bei Prayāga gerühmt werden, eben diese Verdienste erlangt der Mensch, der am Gomatī die Śrāddha vollzieht.

Word by Word

• गङ्गास्नानेन: by bathing in the Ganga
• गङ्गास्नानेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गङ्गा (प्रातिपदिक) + स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (गङ्गायाः स्नानेन)

• यत्: which
• यत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative)

• पुण्यम्: merit
• पुण्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• प्रयागे: at Prayaga
• प्रयागे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रयाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• परिकीर्तितम्: is proclaimed/declared
• परिकीर्तितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परि + कीर्त् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त—भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगः

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; निर्देशक (demonstrative)

• पुण्यम्: merit
• पुण्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• समवाप्नोति: attains
• समवाप्नोति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + अव + आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

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

• श्राद्धकृत्: one who performs śrāddha
• श्राद्धकृत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्राद्ध (प्रातिपदिक) + कृ (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त—कृत् (कर्तरि), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (श्राद्धं करोति)

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (deduced: Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa māhātmya narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gomatī (Dvārakā)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrim audience; brāhmaṇa addressee continues from prior verse context

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A diptych-like composition: left panel shows pilgrims bathing at Prayāga’s Gaṅgā with confluence imagery; right panel shows śrāddha at Gomati ghāṭa—both connected by a ribbon of light indicating equal merit.

Characters & Entities

• Gomatī
• Gaṅgā
• Prayāga
• Śrāddha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred places carry distinct spiritual potency; Gomati specifically empowers śrāddha to equal famed merits of Gaṅgā-bathing at Prayāga.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Gomatī-tīrtha (compared with Gaṅgā at Prayāga).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śrāddha at Gomati; it is equated in merit with Gaṅgā-snāna at Prayāga.