Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

भूमिदानं च यो दद्याद्गोमत्युदधिसंगमे । स्नात्वा शुचिर्हरिं स्मृत्वा तस्माद्धन्यतरो नहि

Transliteration

bhūmidānaṃ ca yo dadyādgomatyudadhisaṃgame | snātvā śucirhariṃ smṛtvā tasmāddhanyataro nahi

Translation

Whoever gives the gift of land at the confluence of the Gomatī and the ocean—bathing there, becoming pure, and remembering Hari—none is more blessed than he.

Word by Word

• भूमिदानम्: gift of land
• भूमिदानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूमि (प्रातिपदिक) + दान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (भूमेः दानम्)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• दद्यात्: should give
• दद्यात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• गोमती-उदधि-संगमे: at the confluence of the Gomati and the ocean
• गोमती-उदधि-संगमे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोमती (प्रातिपदिक) + उदधि (प्रातिपदिक) + संगम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषसमासः (गोमत्याः उदधेः संगमः)

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund)

• शुचिः: pure
• शुचिः: Karta (Subject-complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुचि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; विशेषण (predicate adjective)

• हरिम्: Hari (Vishnu)
• हरिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• स्मृत्वा: having remembered
• स्मृत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्मृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund)

• तस्मात्: than that / from that
• तस्मात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5), एकवचन; अपादानार्थ (ablative)

• धन्यतरः: more blessed
• धन्यतरः: Karta (Predicate/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; तरप्-प्रत्ययान्त (comparative)

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

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

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Dvārakā Māhātmya discourse context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gomātī–Samudra Saṅgama

Type: sangam

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Audience within Dvārakā-māhātmya

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A purified donor, wet from snāna, offers a copper-plate deed (symbol of land-gift) to a priest near the confluence; Hari’s name is on his lips; the sea horizon glows.

Characters & Entities

• Gomātī
• Udadhि (Ocean)
• Hari (Viṣṇu)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-bathing, inner purity, and remembrance of Hari, joined with major charity like land-gift, make one supremely blessed.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Gomātī–ocean confluence (Gomātī-udadhi-saṅgama) at/near Dvārakā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (bathing) at the confluence, Hari-smaraṇa (remembering Viṣṇu), and bhūmi-dāna (donating land).