Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 57

Devanagari script

एवं न्यंकुमतीमध्ये गोष्पदे तीर्थ उत्तमे । दत्त्वा पिंडांश्च विधिवत्पुनर्मंत्रमिमं पठेत्

Transliteration

evaṃ nyaṃkumatīmadhye goṣpade tīrtha uttame | dattvā piṃḍāṃśca vidhivatpunarmaṃtramimaṃ paṭhet

Translation

ഇങ്ങനെ ന്യങ്കുമതിയുടെ മദ്ധ്യത്തിൽ, ഗോഷ്പദം എന്ന ഉത്തമ തീർത്ഥത്തിൽ, വിധിപൂർവ്വം പിണ്ഡങ്ങൾ അർപ്പിച്ച്, വീണ്ടും ഈ മന്ത്രം പാരായണം ചെയ്യണം।

Word by Word

• एवं: thus, in this manner
• एवं: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/रीति-वाचक (adverb of manner)

• न्यंकुमतीमध्ये: in the middle of Nyaṅkumatī
• न्यंकुमतीमध्ये: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: न्यंकुमती (प्रातिपदिक) + मध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः—न्यंकुमत्याः मध्ये (locative: in the middle of Nyaṅkumatī)

• गोष्पदे: at Goṣpada (tirth/place)
• गोष्पदे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोष्पद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन (locative)

• तीर्थे: at the sacred ford (tīrtha)
• तीर्थे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन (locative)

• उत्तमे: excellent, best
• उत्तमे: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying ‘तीर्थे’)

• दत्त्वा: having given
• दत्त्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); ‘दत्त्वा’ = having given

• पिंडान्: rice-balls (piṇḍas)
• पिंडान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पिण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), बहुवचन (accusative)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय-बोधक (conjunction)

• विधिवत्: according to the prescribed rite
• विधिवत्: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विधिवत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; रीति-वाचक (adverb: according to rule)

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरावृत्ति-वाचक (adverb: again)

• मंत्रम्: mantra
• मंत्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• इमम्: this
• इमम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying ‘मंत्रम्’)

• पठेत्: should recite/read
• पठेत्: Kriya (Predicate action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पठ् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Unknown (contextual narrator within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya; likely a Purāṇic narrator addressing a listener)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Goṣpada-tīrtha (within Nyaṅkumatī, Prabhāsa-kṣetra)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At a shallow river-ford, the performer offers rice-balls (piṇḍas) on darbha near the waterline; attendants hold a water-pot and flowers; a small shrine marker indicates ‘Goṣpada’; after offering, the performer resumes mantra recitation.

Characters & Entities

• Nyaṅkumatī
• Goṣpada Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred geography and correct procedure together empower pitṛ offerings—place (tīrtha) and method (vidhi) jointly yield merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Goṣpada Tīrtha, situated in/near the Nyaṅkumatī, within Prabhāsa Kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Offer piṇḍas according to rite at the tīrtha and then recite the specified mantra again.