Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

यत्पुण्यं लभते तूर्णं गंगासागरसंगमे । तत्पुण्यं समवाप्नोति गोमत्युदधिसंगमे

Transliteration

yatpuṇyaṃ labhate tūrṇaṃ gaṃgāsāgarasaṃgame | tatpuṇyaṃ samavāpnoti gomatyudadhisaṃgame

Translation

Welches Verdienst man rasch am Zusammenfluss der Gaṅgā mit dem Ozean erlangt, eben dieses Verdienst erlangt man auch am Zusammenfluss der Gomatī mit dem Ozean.

Word by Word

• यत्: whatever / that which
• यत्: Karma (object) / Correlative
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक (relative)

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

• लभते: obtains
• लभते: Kriyā (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• तूर्णम्: quickly
• तूर्णम्: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तूर्णम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• गङ्गासागर-संगमे: at the confluence of the Ganga and the ocean
• गङ्गासागर-संगमे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गङ्गा (प्रातिपदिक) + सागर (प्रातिपदिक) + संगम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘गङ्गायाः सागरस्य च संगमे’ (समास-समाहार)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (object) / Correlative
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; correlative

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

• समवाप्नोति: attains fully
• समवाप्नोति: Kriyā (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्+अव+आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• गोमती-उदधि-संगमे: at the confluence of the Gomatī and the sea
• गोमती-उदधि-संगमे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोमती (प्रातिपदिक) + उदधि (प्रातिपदिक) + संगम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘गोमत्याः उदधेः संगमे’

Speaker

Prahlāda (continuing)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: गोमती-उदधि-संगम (tulya to गङ्गा-सागर-संगम)

Type: sangam

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvija-uttamāḥ (implied continuation)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A split-scene comparison: on one side Gangā meets the sea; on the other Gomati meets the sea at Dvārakā—both crowned with identical halos of merit, pilgrims performing snāna and offering lamps.

Characters & Entities

• Gaṅgā
• Ocean (Sāgara/Udādhi)
• Gomati
• Saṅgama

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic texts often establish local tīrthas as equal to famed pan-Indian sites, making dharma widely accessible.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Gomatī-udadhi-saṅgama (Gomati meeting the Ocean), compared to Gaṅgā-sāgara-saṅgama.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is specified; it asserts equivalence of spiritual merit between the two saṅgamas.