Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

सत्यभामापतिर्यत्र यत्र पुण्या च गोमती । नरा मुक्तिं प्रयास्यंति तत्र स्नात्वा कलौ युगे

Transliteration

satyabhāmāpatiryatra yatra puṇyā ca gomatī | narā muktiṃ prayāsyaṃti tatra snātvā kalau yuge

Translation

സത്യഭാമാപതി (ശ്രീകൃഷ്ണൻ) വിരാജിക്കുന്നിടത്തും പുണ്യയായ ഗോമതി ഒഴുകുന്നിടത്തും—കലിയുഗത്തിൽ അവിടെ സ്നാനം ചെയ്താൽ മനുഷ്യർ മോക്ഷത്തിലേക്ക് പ്രയാണം ചെയ്യുന്നു.

Word by Word

• satyabhāmāpatiḥ: husband of Satyabhāmā (Kṛṣṇa)
• satyabhāmāpatiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: satyabhāmā (प्रातिपदिक) + pati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (सत्यभामायाः पतिः)

• yatra: where
• yatra: Adhikarana (Location marker/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (relative adverb: where)

• yatra: where
• yatra: Adhikarana (Location marker/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (repetition)

• puṇyā: holy
• puṇyā: Adjective (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: puṇya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• ca: and
• ca: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय

• gomatī: the Gomati (river)
• gomatī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gomatī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (नदी-नाम)

• narāḥ: men/people
• narāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• muktim: liberation
• muktim: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mukti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• prayāsyanti: will attain/go to
• prayāsyanti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yā (धातु) उपसर्गः pra-
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location marker/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (there)

• snātvā: having bathed
• snātvā: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: snā (धातु) → snātvā (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्यय (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकालिक-क्रिया (having bathed)

• kalau: in Kali (age)
• kalau: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kali (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• yuge: in the age
• yuge: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (deduced: Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa māhātmya narration style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gomatī (Dwārakā)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims bathing at Gomati ghats with folded hands, while the Dwārakādhīśa temple rises nearby; Kṛṣṇa as Satyabhāmā’s Lord is evoked through iconography (peacock feather, flute, garland).

Characters & Entities

• Satyabhāmā
• Kṛṣṇa
• Gomatī
• Dwārakā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred geography matters: contact with Kṛṣṇa’s abode and bathing in its holy river is a direct means toward mokṣa, especially in Kali-yuga.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dwārakā and the Gomati river associated with it.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bathing (snāna) in the Gomati at the place sanctified by Kṛṣṇa’s presence.