Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 36

Devanagari script

तस्य तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा रुरुर्वचनमब्रवीत् । गतेह्नि ब्राह्मणः स्नातुं गोमत्याः संगमे किल

Transliteration

tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā rururvacanamabravīt | gatehni brāhmaṇaḥ snātuṃ gomatyāḥ saṃgame kila

Translation

അവന്റെ വാക്കുകൾ കേട്ട് റുരു പറഞ്ഞു—“മുന്‍കാലത്ത് ഒരു ബ്രാഹ്മണൻ സത്യമായും ഗോമതിയുടെ സംഗമത്തിൽ സ്നാനം ചെയ്യാൻ പോയിരുന്നു.”

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन, पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सर्वनाम (genitive singular: of him/of that)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन, नपुंसकलिङ्ग; विशेषणम् (accusative singular neuter: that)

• वचनम्: speech, statement
• वचनम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन, नपुंसकलिङ्ग (accusative singular neuter)

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (अव्यय), पूर्वकालक्रिया (gerund: having heard)

• रुरुः: Ruru
• रुरुः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुरु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन, पुल्लिङ्ग (nominative singular masculine; proper name)

• वचनम्: words
• वचनम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन, नपुंसकलिङ्ग (accusative singular neuter)

• अब्रवीत्: said
• अब्रवीत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (अनद्यतनभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद (imperfect, 3rd person singular)

• गते: when (it) had passed
• गते: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन, नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सति-सप्तमी (locative absolute: when ... had gone/passed)

• अह्नि: on the day
• अह्नि: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन, नपुंसकलिङ्ग (locative singular neuter: on the day)

• ब्राह्मणः: a Brahmin
• ब्राह्मणः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन, पुल्लिङ्ग (nominative singular masculine)

• स्नातुम्: to bathe
• स्नातुम्: Prayojana (प्रयोजन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्यय (infinitive), प्रयोजनार्थ (to bathe)

• गोमत्याः: of (the river) Gomati
• गोमत्याः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोमती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन, स्त्रीलिङ्ग (genitive singular feminine)

• संगमे: at the confluence/meeting-place
• संगमे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संगम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन, पुल्लिङ्ग (locative singular masculine)

• किल: indeed, it is said
• किल: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: किल (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात; प्रसिद्ध्यर्थ/अनुश्रुत्यर्थ (particle: indeed, it is said)

Speaker

Ruru

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gomatī-saṅgama (Dvārakā)

Type: sangam

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: (a king addressed indirectly; narrative audience)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A brāhmaṇa pilgrim approaches the sacred confluence of the Gomatī, carrying a kamaṇḍalu and cloth, pausing at the meeting of waters as elders recount an earlier incident.

Characters & Entities

• Ruru
• Brāhmaṇa
• Gomatī (river)
• Saṅgama (confluence)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Bathing at a tīrtha-saṅgama is presented as a dharmic act, marking confluences as spiritually potent spaces in Purāṇic sacred geography.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Gomati confluence (Gomatī-saṅgama), a sacred bathing spot associated with the Dvārakā region in this Māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) at the Gomatī-saṅgama.