Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

गोमती नीरपूतानां कृष्णवक्त्रावलोकिनाम् । दर्शनात्पातकं तेषां याति जन्मशतार्जितम्

Transliteration

gomatī nīrapūtānāṃ kṛṣṇavaktrāvalokinām | darśanātpātakaṃ teṣāṃ yāti janmaśatārjitam

Translation

ഗോമതിജലത്തിൽ ശുദ്ധരായവർക്കും ശ്രീകൃഷ്ണന്റെ മുഖം ദർശിക്കുന്നവർക്കും, നൂറു ജന്മങ്ങളിൽ സമ്പാദിച്ച പാപം ദർശനമാത്രത്തിൽ തന്നെ അകലുന്നു.

Word by Word

• गोमती: (the river) Gomati
• गोमती: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोमती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन — river-name

• नीरपूतानाम्: of those purified by water
• नीरपूतानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नीरपूत (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक; नीर + पूत)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन — 'of those purified by water'

• कृष्णवक्त्रावलोकिनाम्: of those who behold Kṛṣṇa’s face
• कृष्णवक्त्रावलोकिनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्णवक्त्रावलोकिन् (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक; कृष्ण + वक्त्र + अवलोकिन्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन — 'of those who look upon Kṛṣṇa’s face'

• दर्शनात्: by (their) sight/seeing
• दर्शनात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन — 'from/by (the) seeing'

• पातकम्: sin
• पातकम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पातक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन — subject

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन — 'of them'

• याति: goes away; departs
• याति: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद — 'goes away/goes'

• जन्मशतार्जितम्: accumulated over a hundred births
• जन्मशतार्जितम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जन्मशतार्जित (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक; जन्म + शत + अर्जित)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन — 'earned over a hundred births' (qualifies पातकम्)

Speaker

Narrator (within Dvārakā Māhātmya; speaker not explicit in this verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gomatī (Dvārakā)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At Gomati-ghāṭ, pilgrims bathe in clear water; droplets sparkle; then they lift their gaze to a sanctum where Kṛṣṇa’s face is revealed in darśana—sins depicted as dark wisps dissolving and drifting away.

Characters & Entities

• Gomatī (river)
• Kṛṣṇa
• Dvārakā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-snān (holy bathing) and Kṛṣṇa-darśana are portrayed as powerful means of dissolving long-stored karmic impurity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā—especially the Gomati river and the presence/darśana of Kṛṣṇa associated with the sacred locale.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Purification by Gomati water (snāna) and devotional seeing (darśana) of Kṛṣṇa.