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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

प्रह्लाद उवाच । ततो गच्छेद्द्विजश्रेष्ठा गदातीर्थमनुत्तमम् । यत्र स्नात्वा नरो भक्त्या लभेद्भूदानजं फलम्

Transliteration

prahlāda uvāca | tato gaccheddvijaśreṣṭhā gadātīrthamanuttamam | yatra snātvā naro bhaktyā labhedbhūdānajaṃ phalam

Translation

प्रह्लाद ने कहा—हे द्विजश्रेष्ठो! तत्पश्चात् अनुपम गदातीर्थ को जाना चाहिए। वहाँ भक्तिभाव से स्नान करने पर मनुष्य भूमिदान से उत्पन्न पुण्यफल प्राप्त करता है।

Word by Word
प्रह्लादःPrahlāda
प्रह्लादः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootप्रह्लाद (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद
ततःthen; thereafter
ततः:
Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; अव्यय-प्रकारः—सम्बन्ध/क्रमवाचक (then/from there)
गच्छेत्should go
गच्छेत्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootगम् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद
द्विजश्रेष्ठाःO best of the twice-born (Brahmins)
द्विजश्रेष्ठाः:
Sambodhana/Address (Vocative sense)
TypeNoun
Rootद्विज (प्रातिपदिक) + श्रेष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः—द्विजानां श्रेष्ठाः (best of the twice-born)
गदातीर्थम्Gadā-tīrtha (the sacred ford named Gadā)
गदातीर्थम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootगदा (प्रातिपदिक) + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः—गदायाः तीर्थम्
अनुत्तमम्unsurpassed; excellent
अनुत्तमम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootअनुत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषणम् (qualifier)
यत्रwhere
यत्र:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयत्र (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; अव्यय-प्रकारः—देशवाचक (relative adverb: where)
स्नात्वाhaving bathed
स्नात्वा:
Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
TypeVerb
Rootस्ना (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive), पूर्वकाल (having bathed)
नरःa man
नरः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootनर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)
भक्त्याwith devotion
भक्त्या:
Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootभक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन (Singular)
लभेत्would obtain
लभेत्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootलभ् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद
भूदानजम्arising from gifting land
भूदानजम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootभूदान (प्रातिपदिक) + ज (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः—भूदानात् जातम् (born of land-gift)
फलम्fruit; merit-result
फलम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootफल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)
Speaker

Prahlāda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gadā-tīrtha

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvija-śreṣṭhāḥ (best of brāhmaṇas)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Prahlāda instructs brāhmaṇas on the route; in the background pilgrims descend steps into a clear tīrtha pool named Gadā-tīrtha, holding water-pots and prayer beads.

Characters & Entities
P
Prahlāda
G
Gadā-tīrtha
B
Bhū-dāna

FAQs

Pilgrimage and devotional bathing at a praised tīrtha can bestow great merit comparable to major acts of charity.

Gadā-tīrtha (within the Dvārakā sacred region as presented in the Skanda Purāṇa).

Go to Gadā-tīrtha and perform snāna (ritual bathing) with bhakti.

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