Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 55

Devanagari script

श्रीवासुदेव उवाच । यस्माद्विमुक्तिदं पुण्यं गोमत्युदधिसंगमम् । रुद्धं दुरात्मभिः पापैस्तस्मात्ते निहता मया

Transliteration

śrīvāsudeva uvāca | yasmādvimuktidaṃ puṇyaṃ gomatyudadhisaṃgamam | ruddhaṃ durātmabhiḥ pāpaistasmātte nihatā mayā

Translation

ശ്രീ വാസുദേവൻ പറഞ്ഞു—ഗോമതി-സമുദ്ര സംഗമം പുണ്യവും വിമുക്തിദായകവും ആകുന്നു; ദുഷ്ടാത്മ പാപികൾ അതിനെ തടഞ്ഞതിനാൽ അവർ എന്റെ കൈയ്യാൽ ഹതരായി।

Word by Word

• श्रीवासुदेवः: the revered Vāsudeva
• श्रीवासुदेवः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री + वासुदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘श्रीमान् वासुदेवः’ कर्मधारय

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• यस्मात्: because (from which)
• यस्मात्: Apadana/Hetu (अपादान/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धे हेतौ ‘because/from which’

• विमुक्तिदम्: granting liberation
• विमुक्तिदम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विमुक्ति + द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुषः ‘विमुक्तिं ददाति’

• पुण्यम्: holy, meritorious
• पुण्यम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण

• गोमती-उदधि-संगमम्: the confluence of the Gomati and the ocean
• गोमती-उदधि-संगमम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोमती (नदी-नाम) + उदधि (प्रातिपदिक) + संगम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ‘गोमत्याः उदधेः संगमः’

• रुद्धम्: blocked
• रुद्धम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: रुध् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (Past Passive Participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे ‘blocked’

• दुरात्मभिः: by wicked ones
• दुरात्मभिः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुरात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; कर्मधारय ‘दुष्ट आत्मा’

• पापैः: sinful
• पापैः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; दुरात्मभिः इति विशेषण

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu (हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तस्मात् इति अव्ययीभाववत् निपात-प्रयोगः; हेत्वर्थे ‘therefore’

• ते: for you
• ते: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; ‘to/for you’

• निहताः: (you all) are slain
• निहताः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (धातु) + नि- (उपसर्ग)
• Form: क्त (Past Passive Participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; ‘slain’

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; ‘by me’

Speaker

Śrī Vāsudeva

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gomatī–udadhi-saṅgama (Dvārakā)

Type: sangam

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Māhātmya audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Vāsudeva speaks with calm authority, gesturing toward the meeting of Gomati and the ocean; behind him the luminous confluence glows, while fallen obstructors lie as a warning against tīrtha-droha.

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Vāsudeva
• Gomatī
• Udādhi (Ocean)
• Daityas/evil beings (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred tīrthas that grant liberation must be protected; obstructing holy access is a grave adharma, and divine power intervenes to uphold dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Gomati–ocean confluence (Gomatī-udadhi-saṅgama) in the Dvārakā sacred geography, praised as vimukti-dam (liberation-giving).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct rite is stated, but the verse implies the sanctity and salvific power of visiting/bathing at the Gomati–ocean confluence.