Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

पितॄणां चाक्षया तृप्तिर्गयाश्राद्धेन वै यथा । तद्वच्छ्राद्धान्महाभाग गोमत्युदधिसंगमे

Transliteration

pitṝṇāṃ cākṣayā tṛptirgayāśrāddhena vai yathā | tadvacchrāddhānmahābhāga gomatyudadhisaṃgame

Translation

Sebagaimana para leluhur memperoleh kepuasan yang tidak binasa melalui śrāddha di Gayā, demikian juga, wahai insan mulia, śrāddha di pertemuan Sungai Gomātī dengan lautan memberikan hasil yang sama.

Word by Word

• pitṝṇām: of the ancestors
• pitṝṇām: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन

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

• akṣayā: imperishable (benefit)
• akṣayā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: akṣayā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• tṛptiḥ: satisfaction
• tṛptiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tṛpti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• gayā-śrāddhena: by the Gayā-śrāddha
• gayā-śrāddhena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gayā (प्रातिपदिक) + śrāddha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; सप्तमी/षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषार्थ (Gayāyām/Gayāyāḥ śrāddham)

• vai: indeed
• vai: Sambandha (Emphasis/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• yathā: as
• yathā: Sambandha (Comparison/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमान/तुलना-अव्यय (comparative particle)

• tadvat: likewise
• tadvat: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadvat (अव्यय)
• Form: तुलना-अव्यय (adverb: 'in the same way')

• śrāddhāt: from/through śrāddha
• śrāddhāt: Apadana (Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrāddha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन

• mahābhāga: O fortunate one
• mahābhāga: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + bhāga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; विशेषण-प्रधान (address)

• gomatī-udadhi-saṃgame: at the confluence of the Gomati and the ocean
• gomatī-udadhi-saṃgame: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gomatī (प्रातिपदिक) + udadhi (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃgama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (gomatyāḥ udadheḥ saṃgamaḥ)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Dvārakā Māhātmya discourse context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gomātī–Udadhi-saṅgama (Dvārakā)

Type: sangam

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: mahābhāga (addressed noble listener)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A teacher addresses a noble listener, declaring that śrāddha at the Gomātī–ocean confluence equals Gayā-śrāddha; the scene juxtaposes symbolic markers: a coastal saṅgama on one side and a faint vignette of Gayā’s ritual setting on the other.

Characters & Entities

• Pitṛs (ancestors)
• Gayā
• Gomātī
• Udadhि (Ocean)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dvārakā’s Gomātī–ocean confluence is elevated to a śrāddha-tīrtha status comparable to Gayā for ancestral satisfaction.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Gomātī-udadhi-saṅgama near Dvārakā, explicitly compared with Gayā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Performing śrāddha at the Gomātī–ocean confluence for akṣayā (imperishable) pitṛ-tṛpti.