Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

दुरितौघक्षयकरममंगल्यविनाशनम् । सर्वकामप्रदं नॄणां प्रणमेद्गोमतीजलम्

Transliteration

duritaughakṣayakaramamaṃgalyavināśanam | sarvakāmapradaṃ nṝṇāṃ praṇamedgomatījalam

Translation

ഗോമതീജലത്തെ പ്രണാമിക്കണം; അത് പാപപ്രവാഹങ്ങളെ ക്ഷയിപ്പിക്കുകയും അമംഗളത്തെ നശിപ്പിക്കുകയും മനുഷ്യർക്കു സകല ധർമ്മോചിത ആഗ്രഹങ്ങളും നൽകുകയും ചെയ്യുന്നു.

Word by Word

• durita-ogha-kṣaya-karam: destroyer of heaps of sin
• durita-ogha-kṣaya-karam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: durita + ogha + kṣaya + kara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; समासः: तत्पुरुष (duritānām oghasya kṣayaṃ karoti = causing destruction of a flood of sins) विशेषणम् (to gomatī-jalam)

• amaṃgalya-vināśanam: destroyer of inauspiciousness
• amaṃgalya-vināśanam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: amaṃgalya + vināśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; समासः: तत्पुरुष (amaṃgalyasya vināśanam = destroyer of inauspiciousness)

• sarva-kāma-pradam: giver of all desires
• sarva-kāma-pradam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva + kāma + prada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; समासः: तत्पुरुष (sarvān kāmān pradadāti = giver of all desires)

• nṝṇām: of men
• nṝṇām: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन

• praṇamet: should bow to
• praṇamet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√nam (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्; उपसर्ग: pra-

• gomatī-jalam: the water of the Gomati
• gomatī-jalam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gomatī + jala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; समासः: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (gomatyāḥ jalam = water of the Gomati)

Speaker

Narrative voice (contextual; likely Prahlāda continuing the māhātmya or an embedded narrator before the sages’ question)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gomātī-jala (Dvārakā)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dvija-śreṣṭhas/Ṛṣis

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims fold hands and bow to the shimmering Gomātī waters; priests hold small vessels for ācamana; lamps and flowers float near the ghāṭa.

Characters & Entities

• Gomātī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Reverence to a tīrtha is itself a dharmic act that purifies sin and restores auspiciousness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Gomātī sacred waters associated with Dvārakā in the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa’s Dvārakā Māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Praṇāma—bowing/saluting the Gomātī waters (often paired in practice with snāna and ācamana, though only praṇāma is explicit here).