Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 166

Devanagari script

यः पुनः कुरुते श्राद्धं गोमत्युदधिसंगमे । पितॄणां जायते तृप्तिर्यावदाभूतसंप्लवम्

Transliteration

yaḥ punaḥ kurute śrāddhaṃ gomatyudadhisaṃgame | pitṝṇāṃ jāyate tṛptiryāvadābhūtasaṃplavam

Translation

ഗോമതി–സമുദ്ര സംഗമത്തിൽ ആരെങ്കിലും ശ്രാദ്ധം ചെയ്താൽ, അവന്റെ പിതൃകൾക്ക് മഹാപ്രളയം വരെ തൃപ്തി ലഭിക്കുന്നു.

Word by Word

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्ता (relative pronoun as subject)

• पुनः: again/further
• पुनः: Sambandha (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• कुरुते: does/performs
• कुरुते: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

• श्राद्धम्: śrāddha rite
• श्राद्धम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्राद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्म (object)

• गोमती: of Gomati
• गोमती: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोमती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषे पूर्वपद-सम्बन्धः, एकवचन (stem used in compound)

• उदधि: ocean/sea
• उदधि: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उदधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषे पूर्वपद-सम्बन्धः, एकवचन (stem used in compound)

• संगमे: at the confluence
• संगमे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संगम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; ‘गोमती-उदधि-संगमे’ = षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः; अधिकरणम् (locative)

• पितॄणाम्: of the ancestors
• पितॄणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन; सम्बन्धः (of the ancestors)

• जायते: arises/is produced
• जायते: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्; भावे प्रयोगः (arises/comes to be)

• तृप्तिः: satisfaction
• तृप्तिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तृप्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्ता/विषयः (subject)

• यावत्: as long as
• यावत्: Sambandha (Correlative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत् (अव्यय/सम्बन्ध-शब्द)
• Form: अव्यय (correlative particle) = ‘as long as/until’

• आ: up to
• आ: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (अव्यय)
• Form: उपसर्ग/अव्यय (limit marker ‘up to’)

• भूत: beings/that which has become
• भूत: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूत (√भू (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त))
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past participle used as noun/adjective), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषे पूर्वपद-सम्बन्धः, एकवचन (stem in compound)

• संप्लवम्: the cosmic deluge/dissolution
• संप्लवम्: Adhikarana (Limit/अवधि)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संप्लव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘आ-भूत-संप्लवम्’ = अव्ययीभाव/सीमा-अर्थे (up to the dissolution/flood of beings); here treated as limit-object with ‘ā’

Speaker

Pitṛs (ancestral beings)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: गोमती-उदधि-संगम (Gomatī-sāgara-saṅgama)

Type: sangam

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At the river-mouth where the Gomati meets the sea, a devotee performs śrāddha with piṇḍa and water-libations; waves, conch-sounds, and distant temple spires frame the rite; subtle presence of pitṛs receiving offerings.

Characters & Entities

• Gomatī
• Udādhi (ocean)
• Pitṛs
• Śrāddha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Proper ancestral rites performed at an exalted tīrtha multiply in potency, granting enduring benefit to one’s lineage and forefathers.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Gomatī–udadhi-saṅgama: the confluence where the Gomati meets the ocean near Dvārakā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Performing śrāddha at the Gomati–ocean confluence is prescribed as supremely efficacious for Pitṛ-tṛpti.