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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

プラフラーダは言った。「それから、ああ最勝の再生者たちよ、比類なきガダー・ティールタへ赴くべきである。そこに信愛をもって沐浴する者は、土地施与（bhū-dāna）より生ずる功徳を得る。」

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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