Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

न दृष्टा द्वारका कृष्ण न स्नातो गोमतीजले । न दृष्टं पादपद्मं च त्वदीयं मोक्षदा यकम्

Transliteration

na dṛṣṭā dvārakā kṛṣṇa na snāto gomatījale | na dṛṣṭaṃ pādapadmaṃ ca tvadīyaṃ mokṣadā yakam

Translation

ହେ କୃଷ୍ଣ! ମୁଁ ଦ୍ୱାରକା ଦର୍ଶନ କରିନାହିଁ, ଗୋମତୀଜଳରେ ସ୍ନାନ କରିନାହିଁ; ମୋକ୍ଷଦାୟକ ତୁମ ପଦ୍ମପାଦ ମଧ୍ୟ ଦେଖିନାହିଁ।

Word by Word

• न: not
• न: Nipāta (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध-निपात

• दृष्टा: seen
• दृष्टा: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle); स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन

• द्वारका: Dvārakā
• द्वारका: Karma (Object of ‘seen’/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वारका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति; एकवचन (Nominative singular)

• कृष्ण: O Kṛṣṇa
• कृष्ण: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सम्बोधन; पुंलिङ्ग; एकवचन (Vocative singular)

• न: not
• न: Nipāta (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध-निपात

• स्नातः: bathed
• स्नातः: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन

• गोमतीजले: in the waters of the Gomati
• गोमतीजले: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोमती (प्रातिपदिक) + जल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी विभक्ति; एकवचन; नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Locative singular: ‘in the water of Gomati’)

• न: not
• न: Nipāta (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध-निपात

• दृष्टम्: seen
• दृष्टम्: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया; एकवचन

• पादपद्मम्: lotus-feet
• पादपद्मम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाद (प्रातिपदिक) + पद्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति; एकवचन (Accusative singular)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (conjunction)

• त्वदीयम्: your
• त्वदीयम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्वदीय (प्रातिपदिक; त्वद्-सम्बन्धी)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति; एकवचन (Accusative singular; agrees with पादपद्मम्)

• मोक्षदम्: granting liberation
• मोक्षदम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मोक्ष (प्रातिपदिक) + द (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक from दा धातु)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति; एकवचन (Accusative singular; agrees with पादपद्मम्)

• यकम्: (unclear reading: ‘yakam’ as transmitted)
• यकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति; एकवचन (Accusative singular)

Speaker

A devotee/pilgrim addressing Śrī Kṛṣṇa

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā; Gomati-tīrtha

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee laments before Kṛṣṇa, hands folded, with distant Dvārakā’s golden ramparts suggested; the Gomati waters shimmer nearby; the devotee’s gaze seeks the lotus-feet as the symbol of liberation.

Characters & Entities

• Dvārakā
• Kṛṣṇa
• Gomatī
• pāda-padma
• mokṣa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage (yātrā), sacred bathing, and darśana are presented as powerful supports for liberation-oriented life.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā and the Gomati river associated with Dvārakā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Gomatī-jala snāna (bathing in the Gomati) and darśana of the Lord’s lotus feet.