Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

भूमिदानं च यो दद्याद्गोमत्युदधिसंगमे । स्नात्वा शुचिर्हरिं स्मृत्वा तस्माद्धन्यतरो नहि

Transliteration

bhūmidānaṃ ca yo dadyādgomatyudadhisaṃgame | snātvā śucirhariṃ smṛtvā tasmāddhanyataro nahi

Translation

ഗോമതിയും സമുദ്രവും സംഗമിക്കുന്നിടത്ത് ഭൂമിദാനം ചെയ്യുന്നവൻ, അവിടെ സ്നാനം ചെയ്ത് ശുദ്ധനായി ഹരിയെ സ്മരിച്ചാൽ—അവനേക്കാൾ ധന്യൻ മറ്റാരുമില്ല.

Word by Word

• भूमिदानम्: gift of land
• भूमिदानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूमि (प्रातिपदिक) + दान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (भूमेः दानम्)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• दद्यात्: should give
• दद्यात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• गोमती-उदधि-संगमे: at the confluence of the Gomati and the ocean
• गोमती-उदधि-संगमे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोमती (प्रातिपदिक) + उदधि (प्रातिपदिक) + संगम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषसमासः (गोमत्याः उदधेः संगमः)

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund)

• शुचिः: pure
• शुचिः: Karta (Subject-complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुचि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; विशेषण (predicate adjective)

• हरिम्: Hari (Vishnu)
• हरिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• स्मृत्वा: having remembered
• स्मृत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्मृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund)

• तस्मात्: than that / from that
• तस्मात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5), एकवचन; अपादानार्थ (ablative)

• धन्यतरः: more blessed
• धन्यतरः: Karta (Predicate/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; तरप्-प्रत्ययान्त (comparative)

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic/causal particle)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Dvārakā Māhātmya discourse context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gomātī–Samudra Saṅgama

Type: sangam

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Audience within Dvārakā-māhātmya

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A purified donor, wet from snāna, offers a copper-plate deed (symbol of land-gift) to a priest near the confluence; Hari’s name is on his lips; the sea horizon glows.

Characters & Entities

• Gomātī
• Udadhि (Ocean)
• Hari (Viṣṇu)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-bathing, inner purity, and remembrance of Hari, joined with major charity like land-gift, make one supremely blessed.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Gomātī–ocean confluence (Gomātī-udadhi-saṅgama) at/near Dvārakā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (bathing) at the confluence, Hari-smaraṇa (remembering Viṣṇu), and bhūmi-dāna (donating land).