Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 185

Devanagari script

कार्तिके प्राप्य तद्यन्ति तीर्थानि सकलान्यपि । गोप्रतारं गमिष्यामः पापं त्यक्तुमितीच्छया

Transliteration

kārtike prāpya tadyanti tīrthāni sakalānyapi | gopratāraṃ gamiṣyāmaḥ pāpaṃ tyaktumitīcchayā

Translation

Mit dem Anbruch des Monats Kārtika machen sich auch alle Tīrthas dorthin auf. „Lasst uns nach Gopratāra gehen“, beschließen sie, in dem Wunsch, die Sünde abzulegen.

Word by Word

• कार्तिके: in (the month of) Kārtika
• कार्तिके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्तिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; कालाधिकरण (locative of time)

• प्राप्य: having reached/obtained
• प्राप्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); अर्थः—‘प्राप्य’ = having obtained/reached

• तत्: that (place/thing)
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; ‘प्राप्य’ इत्यस्य कर्म

• यान्ति: they go
• यान्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• तीर्थानि: pilgrimage places
• तीर्थानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; कर्तृपद

• सकलानि: all, entire
• सकलानि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सकल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; ‘तीर्थानि’ इत्यस्य विशेषण

• अपि: also, even
• अपि: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अप्यर्थक-अव्यय (particle: also/even)

• गोप्रतारम्: to Gopratāra
• गोप्रतारम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो-प्रतार (प्रातिपदिक; गो + प्रतार)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; गत्यर्थक-क्रियायाः कर्म/गन्तव्य

• गमिष्यामः: we shall go
• गमिष्यामः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• पापम्: sin
• पापम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; ‘त्यक्तुम्’ इत्यस्य कर्म

• त्यक्तुम्: to abandon
• त्यक्तुम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्यज् (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (infinitive); प्रयोजन/इच्छार्थे

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/वाक्यसमाप्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• इच्छया: with the desire
• इच्छया: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इच्छा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; करण/हेतु (motive)

Speaker

Brahmā (deduced; includes quoted resolve of tīrthas/pilgrims)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gopratāra

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A symbolic procession: personified tīrthas—river goddesses and sacred-place deities—travel like pilgrims toward Ayodhyā, all declaring, ‘We shall go to Gopratāra to abandon sin.’

Characters & Entities

• Kārtika
• Gopratāra
• Tīrthas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A sincere intention to renounce sin, aligned with sacred timing (Kārtika), makes pilgrimage a deliberate act of moral and spiritual reform.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Gopratāra Tīrtha in Ayodhyā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A Kārtika-time pilgrimage/visit to Gopratāra with the resolve to give up pāpa (sin).