Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 57

Devanagari script

मनसा वचसा चैव कर्मणा यदुपार्जितम् । तत्सर्वं नश्यते पापं गोमतीनीरसंगमात्

Transliteration

manasā vacasā caiva karmaṇā yadupārjitam | tatsarvaṃ naśyate pāpaṃ gomatīnīrasaṃgamāt

Translation

Welche Sünde auch immer durch Geist, Wort und Tat angesammelt wurde—sie alle wird durch die Kraft des Zusammenflusses der Wasser der Gomatī vernichtet.

Word by Word

• manasā: by mind
• manasā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), एकवचन — Neuter, Instrumental (3rd), Singular

• vacasā: by speech
• vacasā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vacas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), एकवचन — Neuter, Instrumental (3rd), Singular

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction/particle)

• eva: indeed/just
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-निपात (emphatic particle)

• karmaṇā: by action/deed
• karmaṇā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: karman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), एकवचन — Neuter, Instrumental (3rd), Singular

• yat: whatever (that which)
• yat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — Neuter, Nom./Acc., Singular (relative pronoun)

• upārjitam: acquired/earned
• upārjitam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: upa-√arj (धातु) + upārjita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — Past passive participle, Neuter, Nom./Acc., Singular

• tat: that
• tat: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — Neuter, Nom./Acc., Singular (demonstrative)

• sarvam: all/entire
• sarvam: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — Neuter, Nom./Acc., Singular

• naśyate: is destroyed/perishes
• naśyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √naś (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद — Present, 3rd person, Singular, Ātmanepada

• pāpam: sin
• pāpam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — Neuter, Nom./Acc., Singular

• gomatī-nīra-saṃgamāt: from the confluence with the waters of the Gomati
• gomatī-nīra-saṃgamāt: Apadana (Source/Cause/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gomatī (प्रातिपदिक) + nīra (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃgama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (अपादान), एकवचन — Masculine, Ablative (5th), Singular; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (गोमती-नदी-नीरस्य संगमः)

Speaker

Śrī Prahlāda (contextual attribution: Dvārakā Māhātmya narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gomatī-saṅgama (Dvārakā)

Type: sangam

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At the sangama, dark smoky forms labeled as mind/speech/action dissolve into bright water; a pilgrim stands in prayer with folded hands, light radiating from the confluence.

Characters & Entities

• Gomātī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage is framed as inner purification: the tīrtha is said to cleanse faults arising from thought, word, and deed.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Gomātī-nīra-saṅgama (Gomātī confluence) in the Dvārakā region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Tīrtha-sevā centered on the confluence—especially snāna—is implied as the means of pāpa-kṣaya (destruction of sin).