Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

अस्माभिस्तत्र गंतव्यं वहते यत्र गोमती । तिष्ठते यत्र भगवांश्चक्रतीर्थावलोककः

Transliteration

asmābhistatra gaṃtavyaṃ vahate yatra gomatī | tiṣṭhate yatra bhagavāṃścakratīrthāvalokakaḥ

Translation

Wir müssen zu jenem Ort gehen, wo die Gomatī fließt, und wo der erhabene Herr weilt—Er, der Cakratīrtha erblickt und es heiligt.

Word by Word

• अस्माभिः: by us / we
• अस्माभिः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• गन्तव्यम्: must be gone / we should go
• गन्तव्यम्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु) + तव्यत् (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृत्य-प्रत्ययान्त (gerundive/obligative), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; भावे/कर्तरि प्रयोगः (it is to be gone/one must go)

• वहते: flows
• वहते: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वह् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, सम्बन्ध-देशवाचक (relative adverb: where)

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

• तिष्ठते: stands / abides
• तिष्ठते: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, सम्बन्ध-देशवाचक (relative adverb: where)

• भगवान्: the Lord
• भगवान्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• चक्रतीर्थावलोककः: the beholder of Cakratīrtha
• चक्रतीर्थावलोककः: Apposition to Karta (कर्ता-समनाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्रतीर्थ + अवलोकक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: चक्रतीर्थस्य अवलोककः (one who beholds/oversees Cakratīrtha)

Speaker

Ṛṣis (Sages)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Cakratīrtha (at/near Gomatī in Dvārakā)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage-seekers (contextual interlocutors within the māhātmya)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims approach the Gomatī’s bank; in the distance rises Dvārakā’s sacred skyline; Bhagavān is envisioned as abiding near Cakratīrtha, His gaze blessing the waters.

Characters & Entities

• Gomatī
• Cakratīrtha
• Bhagavān (Hari/Viṣṇu implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage is guided by sacred geography: seek the river and the Lord’s abiding presence, for there tīrtha-merit becomes accessible.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Cakratīrtha and the Gomatī’s flowing region at Dvārakā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The prescription is yātrā itself—going to the place of Gomatī and Cakratīrtha to approach the Lord’s sanctifying presence.