Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

अपि स्यात्स कुलेऽस्माकं गोमत्युदधिसंगमे । स्नात्वा पश्यति यः कृष्णमस्माकं तारणाय वै

Transliteration

api syātsa kule'smākaṃ gomatyudadhisaṃgame | snātvā paśyati yaḥ kṛṣṇamasmākaṃ tāraṇāya vai

Translation

Puisse-t-il naître dans notre lignée quelqu’un qui, après s’être baigné au confluent de la Gomati et de l’océan, contemple Kṛṣṇa—car c’est vraiment pour notre délivrance.

Word by Word

• अपि: even, also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्भावनार्थक/अपि-निपात (even; also)

• स्यात्: may be
• स्यात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• कुले: in the family
• कुले: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• अस्माकम्: of us
• अस्माकम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural)

• गोमतीउदधिसंगमे: at the confluence of the Gomati and the ocean
• गोमतीउदधिसंगमे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोमती + उदधि + संगम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

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

• पश्यति: sees
• पश्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Relative subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• कृष्णम्: Krishna
• कृष्णम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• अस्माकम्: of us
• अस्माकम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural)

• तारणाय: for deliverance
• तारणाय: Sampradana (Purpose/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तारण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन (Singular)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक-निपात (emphatic particle)

Speaker

Pitṛs (ancestors), as quoted within the Dvārakā-māhātmya context

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gomatī-udadhi-saṅgama

Type: sangam

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrims/hearers of Dvārakā-māhātmya

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At the river’s mouth, the devotee bathes where fresh water meets the sea, then turns toward Dvārakā’s Kṛṣṇa shrine; ancestral figures are shown as being lifted or soothed by the act of darśana.

Characters & Entities

• Pitṛs
• Gomatī
• Udadhi (ocean)
• Saṅgama
• Kṛṣṇa
• Dvārakā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-snānā and Bhagavān’s darśana are portrayed as acts that benefit not only the devotee but also the ancestral line.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Gomati–samudra (ocean) confluence at Dvārakā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bathing at the saṅgama and taking darśana of Kṛṣṇa.