Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

ब्रह्मलोकात्समायाते वसिष्ठतनये शुभे । सर्वपापविशुद्ध्यर्थं ददाम्यर्घ्यं तु गोमति

Transliteration

brahmalokātsamāyāte vasiṣṭhatanaye śubhe | sarvapāpaviśuddhyarthaṃ dadāmyarghyaṃ tu gomati

Translation

Ô Gomatī, fille bénie de Vasiṣṭha, venue du Brahmaloka : pour la purification de tous les péchés, je t’offre cet arghya.

Word by Word

• ब्रह्मलोकात्: from Brahmaloka
• ब्रह्मलोकात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मलोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (ब्रह्मणः लोकः), पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (अपादान), एकवचन

• समायाते: (in/unto you) who have come
• समायाते: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + आ + या (धातु) → समायात (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; संबोधनार्थे/विशेष्ये (tanaye)

• वसिष्ठतनये: O daughter of Vasiṣṭha
• वसिष्ठतनये: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसिष्ठ + तनय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (वसिष्ठस्य तनया), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; संबोधन-प्रयोगे (हे)

• शुभे: O auspicious one
• शुभे: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; संबोधनार्थे विशेषण (tanaye)

• सर्वपापविशुद्ध्यर्थम्: for the purification from all sins
• सर्वपापविशुद्ध्यर्थम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + पाप + विशुद्धि + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुपद-तत्पुरुष-समास (सर्वेषां पापानां विशुद्ध्यर्थः), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; प्रयोजन (purpose)

• ददामि: I give
• ददामि: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन

• अर्घ्यम्: arghya offering
• अर्घ्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्घ्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), विशेषार्थे/अन्वयार्थे

• गोमति: O Gomati
• गोमति: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोमती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, संबोधन-एकवचन (Vocative); प्रथमा-समाना रूप (हे गोमति)

Speaker

Prahlāda (arghya-mantra addressed to Gomatī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gomatī (Dvārakā)

Type: river

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrims/interlocutors

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee offers arghya to Gomatī while chanting her praise: she is envisioned as a radiant river-goddess descending from Brahmaloka, with Vasiṣṭha’s aura behind her; the water shimmers as if celestial.

Characters & Entities

• Gomatī
• Vasiṣṭha
• Brahmaloka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The tīrtha is approached as a living divine presence whose grace purifies accumulated sin.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Gomatī river-tīrtha, revered as a divine being connected to Brahmaloka and Vasiṣṭha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Recitation of an arghya-offering invocation while presenting arghya to Gomatī for purification.