Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

ये नित्यं प्रातरुत्थाय वैष्णवानां तु कीर्तनम् । गोमतीस्मरणं कुर्युः कृष्णतुल्या न संशयः

Transliteration

ye nityaṃ prātarutthāya vaiṣṇavānāṃ tu kīrtanam | gomatīsmaraṇaṃ kuryuḥ kṛṣṇatulyā na saṃśayaḥ

Translation

ଯେମାନେ ନିତ୍ୟ ପ୍ରଭାତେ ଉଠି ବୈଷ୍ଣବମାନଙ୍କ କୀର୍ତ୍ତନ କରନ୍ତି ଓ ଗୋମତୀର ସ୍ମରଣ କରନ୍ତି, ସେମାନେ କୃଷ୍ଣତୁଲ୍ୟ ହୁଅନ୍ତି—ସନ୍ଦେହ ନାହିଁ।

Word by Word

• ये: those who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Kriya-Visheshana (Adverb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावेन प्रयुक्तम्; क्रियाविशेषण (adverbial accusative)

• प्रातर्: in the morning
• प्रातर्: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रातर् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक-अव्यय (time adverb)

• उत्थाय: having risen
• उत्थाय: Kriya-Visheshana (Conjunctive participle/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत्-स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), ‘having risen’

• वैष्णवानाम्: of the Vaiṣṇavas
• वैष्णवानाम्: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैष्णव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधान/विरोधार्थक-निपात (particle: ‘indeed/but’)

• कीर्तनम्: praise/chanting
• कीर्तनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कीर्तन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• गोमतीस्मरणम्: remembrance of the Gomati (river)
• गोमतीस्मरणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोमती-स्मरण (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—गोमत्याः स्मरणम् (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः)

• कुर्युः: should do
• कुर्युः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• कृष्णतुल्याः: equal to Kṛṣṇa
• कृष्णतुल्याः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृष्ण-तुल्य (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (ये इत्यस्य); समासः—कृष्णेन तुल्याः (तृतीया-तत्पुरुषः)

• न: no
• न: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध-निपात

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic voice within Dvārakā Māhātmya; specific speaker not stated in the verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gomatī (Dvārakā)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: (Implied) the audience receiving tīrtha instructions

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At dawn, devotees gather near the Gomati ghāṭa, singing Vaiṣṇava praises; the river glows with early light, temple spires in the distance; the act of remembrance is shown as a luminous aura connecting the chanters to Kṛṣṇa.

Characters & Entities

• Vaiṣṇavas
• Gomatī (river)
• Kṛṣṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Daily devotion expressed through kīrtana and tīrtha-smaraṇa is exalted as transformative, aligning the devotee with Kṛṣṇa.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Gomati river associated with Dvārakā is explicitly glorified through remembrance (smaraṇa).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Morning practice of Vaiṣṇava-kīrtana and smaraṇa (remembrance) of Gomati.