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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 58

पीतांबरधरो भूत्वा तथा गरुडवाहनः । वनमाली चतुर्बाहुर्दिव्यगन्धानुलेपनः । याति विष्ण्वालयं विप्रा अपुनर्भवलक्षणम्

pītāṃbaradharo bhūtvā tathā garuḍavāhanaḥ | vanamālī caturbāhurdivyagandhānulepanaḥ | yāti viṣṇvālayaṃ viprā apunarbhavalakṣaṇam

ヴィシュヌのごとく荘厳し、黄衣をまとい、ガルダに乗り、森の花輪を掛け、四臂となり、天なる香を塗って—おお婆羅門よ—人は再生なき相を帯びるヴィシュヌの住処へと至る。

pīta-ambara-dharaḥwearing a yellow garment
pīta-ambara-dharaḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootpīta (प्रातिपदिक) + ambara (प्रातिपदिक) + dhara (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative (1st), Singular; उपपद-तत्पुरुष (पीतम् अम्बरं धरति)
bhūtvāhaving become
bhūtvā:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√bhū (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund) — having become
tathāthus/likewise
tathā:
Sambandha (Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottathā (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (adverb)
garuḍa-vāhanaḥwhose mount is Garuḍa
garuḍa-vāhanaḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootgaruḍa (प्रातिपदिक) + vāhana (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Singular; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (गरुडः वाहनं यस्य)
vana-mālīwearing a forest-garland
vana-mālī:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootvana (प्रातिपदिक) + mālin (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Singular; तत्पुरुष (वनमाला यस्य)
catur-bāhuḥfour-armed
catur-bāhuḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootcatur (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + bāhu (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Singular; द्विगु (चत्वारः बाहवः यस्य)
divya-gandha-anulepanaḥanointed with divine fragrance
divya-gandha-anulepanaḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootdivya (प्रातिपदिक) + gandha (प्रातिपदिक) + anulepana (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Singular; तत्पुरुष (दिव्यगन्धेन अनुलेपनं यस्य)
yātigoes/attains
yāti:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√yā (धातु)
Formलट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — Present, 3rd person, Singular, Parasmaipada
viṣṇu-ālayamthe abode of Viṣṇu
viṣṇu-ālayam:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootviṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक) + ālaya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Masculine, Accusative (2nd), Singular; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (विष्णोः आलयम्)
viprāḥO brāhmaṇas
viprāḥ:
Sambodhana (Address)
TypeNoun
Rootvipra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन/प्रथमा, बहुवचन — Masculine, Vocative/Nominative, Plural (address)
a-punar-bhava-lakṣaṇamcharacterized by no rebirth
a-punar-bhava-lakṣaṇam:
Karma (Object Complement)
TypeAdjective
Roota- (नञ्) + punar (अव्यय) + bhava (प्रातिपदिक) + lakṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Neuter, Accusative, Singular; नञ्-तत्पुरुष (अपुनर्भवस्य लक्षणम्)

Śrī Prahlāda (contextual attribution: Dvārakā Māhātmya narration)

Tirtha: Dvārakā (Gomatī tīrtha culmination)

Type: kshetra

Listener: Vipra addressed directly

Scene: A purified pilgrim is transfigured into a Vishnu-like form: yellow garments, four arms holding shankha-chakra-gada-padma, garlanded, fragrant; Garuḍa appears as the vehicle carrying the soul toward a radiant Vaikuṇṭha city.

V
Viṣṇu
G
Garuḍa

FAQs

The tīrtha’s fruit is not merely worldly merit but Vaiṣṇava liberation—attainment of Viṣṇu’s realm and freedom from rebirth.

The Dvārakā sacred complex associated with the Gomātī (as established in the surrounding verses of Adhyāya 6).

No single rite is named here; it describes the resultant divine form and destination attained through the tīrtha’s sanctifying observances described in context.