Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

यत्पुण्यं लभते तूर्णं गंगासागरसंगमे । तत्पुण्यं समवाप्नोति गोमत्युदधिसंगमे

Transliteration

yatpuṇyaṃ labhate tūrṇaṃ gaṃgāsāgarasaṃgame | tatpuṇyaṃ samavāpnoti gomatyudadhisaṃgame

Translation

ഗംഗാ–സമുദ്ര സംഗമത്തിൽ വേഗത്തിൽ ലഭിക്കുന്ന പുണ്യം ഏതാണോ, അതേ പുണ്യം ഗോമതി–സമുദ്ര സംഗമത്തിലും ലഭിക്കുന്നു.

Word by Word

• यत्: whatever / that which
• यत्: Karma (object) / Correlative
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक (relative)

• पुण्यम्: merit
• पुण्यम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• लभते: obtains
• लभते: Kriyā (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• तूर्णम्: quickly
• तूर्णम्: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तूर्णम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• गङ्गासागर-संगमे: at the confluence of the Ganga and the ocean
• गङ्गासागर-संगमे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गङ्गा (प्रातिपदिक) + सागर (प्रातिपदिक) + संगम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘गङ्गायाः सागरस्य च संगमे’ (समास-समाहार)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (object) / Correlative
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; correlative

• पुण्यम्: merit
• पुण्यम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• समवाप्नोति: attains fully
• समवाप्नोति: Kriyā (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्+अव+आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• गोमती-उदधि-संगमे: at the confluence of the Gomatī and the sea
• गोमती-उदधि-संगमे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोमती (प्रातिपदिक) + उदधि (प्रातिपदिक) + संगम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘गोमत्याः उदधेः संगमे’

Speaker

Prahlāda (continuing)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: गोमती-उदधि-संगम (tulya to गङ्गा-सागर-संगम)

Type: sangam

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvija-uttamāḥ (implied continuation)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A split-scene comparison: on one side Gangā meets the sea; on the other Gomati meets the sea at Dvārakā—both crowned with identical halos of merit, pilgrims performing snāna and offering lamps.

Characters & Entities

• Gaṅgā
• Ocean (Sāgara/Udādhi)
• Gomati
• Saṅgama

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic texts often establish local tīrthas as equal to famed pan-Indian sites, making dharma widely accessible.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Gomatī-udadhi-saṅgama (Gomati meeting the Ocean), compared to Gaṅgā-sāgara-saṅgama.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is specified; it asserts equivalence of spiritual merit between the two saṅgamas.