Shloka 44 - Adhyaya 39 - Dvaraka Mahatmya - Prabhasa Khanda | Hindi | Vedapath

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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 44

Devanagari script

गोकोटितीर्थादधिकं स्नानं तत्राधिकं भवेत् । ये पश्यंति महापुण्या गोपीचंदनमृत्तिकाम् । गंगास्नानफलं तेषां जायते नात्र संशयः

Transliteration

gokoṭitīrthādadhikaṃ snānaṃ tatrādhikaṃ bhavet | ye paśyaṃti mahāpuṇyā gopīcaṃdanamṛttikām | gaṃgāsnānaphalaṃ teṣāṃ jāyate nātra saṃśayaḥ

Translation

वहाँ का स्नान करोड़ों तीर्थों से भी अधिक फलदायक कहा गया है। जो महापुण्यात्मा गोपीचन्दन की मृत्तिका का दर्शन करते हैं, उन्हें गंगा-स्नान का फल मिलता है—इसमें संशय नहीं।

Word by Word

गोकोटितीर्थात्from the ‘gokoṭi’ sacred place

अधिकम्greater, more

स्नानम्bathing

तत्रthere

अधिकम्greater

भवेत्would be / becomes

येthose who

पश्यन्तिsee

महापुण्याःvery meritorious

गोपीचन्दनमृत्तिकाम्the Gopī-candana clay

गङ्गास्नानफलम्the fruit of bathing in the Gaṅgā

तेषाम्of them

जायतेarises / is obtained

नnot

अत्रhere

संशयःdoubt

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic voice within Dvārakā Māhātmya; specific speaker not stated in the verse)

Characters & Entities

Gopīcandana

Gaṅgā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dvārakā-associated sanctity magnifies merit: even seeing sacred substances like Gopīcandana is declared to yield extraordinary tīrtha-fruit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā and its sanctified region (as presented in Dvārakā Māhātmya), with comparison to Gaṅgā tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) in the praised place, and darśana (reverent beholding) of Gopīcandana mṛttikā.