Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 71

Devanagari script

अपि पापसमाचारः किं पुनर्धार्मिकः शुचिः । गोमती संगमे स्नात्वा चक्रतीर्थे तथैव च । मुच्यते पातकैर्घोरै र्मानवो नात्र संशयः

Transliteration

api pāpasamācāraḥ kiṃ punardhārmikaḥ śuciḥ | gomatī saṃgame snātvā cakratīrthe tathaiva ca | mucyate pātakairghorai rmānavo nātra saṃśayaḥ

Translation

പാപാചാരത്തിൽ പതിഞ്ഞവനും—ധാർമ്മികനും ശുചിയുമെങ്കിൽ പറയേണ്ടതെന്ത്—ഗോമതീസംഗമത്തിലും അതുപോലെ ചക്രതീർത്ഥത്തിലും സ്നാനം ചെയ്ത് ഭയങ്കര പാതകങ്ങളിൽ നിന്ന് മോചിതനാകുന്നു; സംശയമില്ല.

Word by Word

• api: even
• api: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्भावन/अपि-कारक अव्यय (even/also)

• pāpa-samācāraḥ: a person of sinful conduct
• pāpa-samācāraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक) + samācāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘पापः समाचारा यस्य’ इत्यर्थे व्यवहारतः (one of sinful conduct)

• kim: what (then)
• kim: Sambandha (Interrogative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रश्नार्थक अव्यय-प्रयोग (interrogative particle)

• punar: then/how much more
• punar: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punar (अव्यय)
• Form: पुनरित्यव्ययम् (again/then; emphatic)

• dhārmikaḥ: a righteous person
• dhārmikaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhārmika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• śuciḥ: pure
• śuciḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śuci (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; धārmikaḥ इति विशेषण

• gomatī: (of) the Gomati (river)
• gomatī: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gomatī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, षष्ठी (6th) एकवचन-समर्थे सप्तमी-समासार्थे; संगमे इति सह (at the confluence of the Gomati)

• saṃgame: at the confluence
• saṃgame: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃgama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• snātvā: having bathed
• snātvā: Pūrvakāla (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √snā (स्ना)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive) = ‘स्नात्वा’ (having bathed)

• cakra-tīrthe: at the Cakra-tirtha
• cakra-tīrthe: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cakra (प्रातिपदिक) + tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; ‘चक्रस्य तीर्थे’

• tathā: likewise
• tathā: Sambandha (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक अव्यय (thus/likewise)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (emphatic)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय

• mucyate: is freed
• mucyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √muc (मुच्)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive sense)

• pātakaiḥ: from sins
• pātakaiḥ: Hetu/Instrument (Cause/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pātaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन

• ghoraiḥ: terrible
• ghoraiḥ: Hetu/Instrument (Cause/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ghora (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; पातकैः इति विशेषण

• mānavaḥ: a human being
• mānavaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mānava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• na: no/not
• na: Pratiṣedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय

• atra: here/in this matter
• atra: Deśa (Place/देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय

• saṃśayaḥ: doubt
• saṃśayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃśaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrative voice (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Dvārakā Māhātmya; specific speaker not explicit in this excerpt)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gomatī-saṅgama and Cakratīrtha (Dvārakā)

Type: sangam

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims bathe at the Gomatī confluence; nearby is Cakratīrtha marked by a cakra emblem; water glitters, and a sense of cleansing radiates as dark stains wash away.

Characters & Entities

• Gomatī
• Saṅgama
• Cakratīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-snānā (ritual bathing at a sacred site) is upheld as a powerful means of purification, accessible even to grievous sinners.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Gomatī confluence (Gomatī-saṅgama) and Cakratīrtha in the Dvārakā sacred landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bathing (snāna) at Gomatī-saṅgama and at Cakratīrtha for removal of sins.