Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

तस्यां हि गोमतीस्नानं द्विषङ्गोदावरीफलम् । अवगाहिता प्रयत्नेन सिंहांते गौतमी सकृत्

Transliteration

tasyāṃ hi gomatīsnānaṃ dviṣaṅgodāvarīphalam | avagāhitā prayatnena siṃhāṃte gautamī sakṛt

Translation

On that occasion, bathing in the Gomatī yields the fruit of twice the famed merit of the Godāvarī. Whoever, with effort, bathes even once in the Gautamī at the close of Siṃha (Leo) attains that same result.

Word by Word

• tasyām: in that (river/place)
• tasyām: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• hi: indeed/for
• hi: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; causal/emphatic)

• gomatīsnānam: bathing in the Gomatī
• gomatīsnānam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gomatī-snāna (प्रातिपदिक; गोमती + स्नान)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• dviṣaṅgodāvarīphalam: (has) the fruit equal to (bathing at) Udāvarī six times (i.e., manyfold)
• dviṣaṅgodāvarīphalam: Karta (Predicate nominal/कर्ता-समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvi-ṣaṅga-udāvarī-phala (प्रातिपदिक; द्वि + षङ्ग + उदावरी + फल)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); संख्यापूर्वक-समास (numeral-led)

• avagāhitā: (when) bathed/immersed
• avagāhitā: Kriya (Implied action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ava-gāh (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मणि-भाव (passive sense)

• prayatnena: with effort
• prayatnena: Karana (Instrument/means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prayatna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• siṃhānte: at the end of (the sign) Leo
• siṃhānte: Adhikarana (Time/occasion/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: siṃha-anta (प्रातिपदिक; सिंह + अन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• gautamī: the Gautamī (Godāvarī)
• gautamī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gautamī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• sakṛt: once
• sakṛt: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sakṛt (अव्यय)
• Form: काल/आवृत्ति-बोधक अव्यय (frequency adverb)

Speaker

Śrī Prahlāda (continuing)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gomatī (Dvārakā)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims descend stone steps to the Gomatī at Dvārakā; priests guide a solemn snāna while the sky hints at the Leo season; distant temple spires and sea-breeze frame the sacred river-mouth.

Characters & Entities

• Gomatī
• Godāvarī (Gautamī)
• Siṃha (Leo)
• Dvārakā (context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage bathing (snāna) in a praised kṣetra, at the right time, grants extraordinary spiritual merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Gomati in Dvārakā, with comparison to the Gautamī/Godāvarī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing/immersion) in the Gomati on the specified auspicious occasion associated with Siṃha (Leo).