Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

दुर्वासा उवाच । नाहं भोक्ष्ये विना स्नानं गोमत्युदधिसंगमे । यदि न प्रेष्यसि हरिं ततस्त्यक्ष्ये कलेवरम्

Transliteration

durvāsā uvāca | nāhaṃ bhokṣye vinā snānaṃ gomatyudadhisaṃgame | yadi na preṣyasi hariṃ tatastyakṣye kalevaram

Translation

ទុរវាសា បានមានព្រះវាចា៖ «ខ្ញុំនឹងមិនបរិភោគឡើយ ប្រសិនបើមិនបានងូតទឹកនៅកន្លែងជួបគ្នារវាងទន្លេគោមតី និងសមុទ្រ។ បើអ្នកមិនផ្ញើព្រះហរិមកទេ នោះខ្ញុំនឹងបោះបង់រាងកាយនេះ»។

Word by Word

• दुर्वासाः: Durvāsā
• दुर्वासाः: Karta (Speaker/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्वासस्/दुर्वासा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriyā (Speech act)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, एकवचन

• भोक्ष्ये: will eat
• भोक्ष्ये: Kriyā (Predicate action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भुज् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), आत्मनेपद, उत्तमपुरुष (1st), एकवचन

• विना: without
• विना: Sambandha (Exclusion)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विना (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (उपसर्गसदृश/Prepositional indeclinable): without; governs accusative

• स्नानम्: bath
• स्नानम्: Karma (Object of विना)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• गोमती: of the Gomati (river)
• गोमती: Sambandha (Genitive in compound)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोमती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (समासपूर्वपद-रूपेण)

• उदधिसंगमे: at the ocean-confluence
• उदधिसंगमे: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उदधि + संगम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास: उदधेश् संगमः = confluence with the ocean

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (Conditional marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conditional): if

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात

• प्रेष्यसि: you send
• प्रेष्यसि: Kriyā (Predicate action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रेष् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन

• हरिम्: Hari (Viṣṇu)
• हरिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kāla (Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb): then/thereupon

• त्यक्ष्ये: will abandon
• त्यक्ष्ये: Kriyā (Predicate action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्यज् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष (1st), एकवचन

• कलेवरम्: body
• कलेवरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कलेवर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

Speaker

Durvāsā

Characters & Entities

• Durvāsā
• Gomatī
• Udadhī (Ocean)
• Hari

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred vows and tīrtha-discipline are treated as binding; the verse underscores the seriousness of vrata and the sanctity of holy confluences.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Gomati–Ocean confluence (Gomatī-udadhi-saṅgama), associated with the Dvārakā sacred landscape in the Skanda Purāṇa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) at the Gomatī-udadhi-saṅgama before taking food; it is framed as an uncompromising vow.