Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

यत्फलं गोग्रहे मृत्युं संप्राप्ता यांति मानवाः । तत्फलं चतुरो मासान्पूजया जलशायिनः

Transliteration

yatphalaṃ gograhe mṛtyuṃ saṃprāptā yāṃti mānavāḥ | tatphalaṃ caturo māsānpūjayā jalaśāyinaḥ

Translation

Le fruit spirituel que les hommes obtiennent en rencontrant la mort à Gograha, ce même fruit s’acquiert en adorant durant quatre mois le Seigneur Jalaśāyī, Celui qui repose sur les eaux.

Word by Word

• yat: which
• yat: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• phalam: fruit
• phalam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• go-grahe: in the cow-pen/cowshed
• go-grahe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: go (प्रातिपदिक) + graha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (गोः ग्रहः), पुल्लिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• mṛtyum: death
• mṛtyum: Gati/Karma (Goal/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mṛtyu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• saṃprāptāḥ: having reached
• saṃprāptāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam√prāp (धातु) + saṃprāpta (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; qualifying mānavāḥ

• yānti: go
• yānti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √yā (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन

• mānavāḥ: people, humans
• mānavāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mānava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• tat: that
• tat: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• phalam: fruit
• phalam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• caturo: four
• caturo: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: catur (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: विशेषण; पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; modifies māsān

• māsān: months
• māsān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन

• pūjayā: by worship
• pūjayā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pūjā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; instrumental of means

• jala-śāyinaḥ: of the one who lies in water (Viṣṇu)
• jala-śāyinaḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jala (प्रातिपदिक) + śāyin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: तत्पुरुष (जले शायी), पुल्लिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; genitive with pūjayā (worship of)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gograha (comparative) / Jalaśāyī worship at Biladvāra (context)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: (Not stated)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Two-panel comparison: (1) a serene pilgrim at Gograha at life’s end with priests chanting; (2) devotees worshipping Jalaśāyī for four months with lamps and tulasī—both leading to the same radiant spiritual fruit.

Characters & Entities

• Gograha (tīrtha)
• Jalaśāyī (Viṣṇu)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional practice can match even rare, extraordinary tīrtha-fruits, making high merit accessible through worship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Gograha is explicitly mentioned as a place whose exceptional fruit is equated with Cāturmāsya worship of Jalaśāyī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform pūjā of Jalaśāyī continuously for four months (Cāturmāsya).