Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 18

Devanagari script

स्वस्थो भव द्विजश्रेष्ठ स्नापयिष्ये न संशयः । हत्वा दैत्यगणान्सर्वान्गोमत्युदधिसंगमे

Transliteration

svastho bhava dvijaśreṣṭha snāpayiṣye na saṃśayaḥ | hatvā daityagaṇānsarvāngomatyudadhisaṃgame

Translation

ਹੇ ਦਵਿਜ-ਸ਼੍ਰੇਸ਼ਠ, ਨਿਸ਼ਚਿੰਤ ਰਹੋ; ਨਿਸ਼ਚੇ ਹੀ ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਸਨਾਨ ਕਰਾਵਾਂਗਾ—ਗੋਮਤੀ ਅਤੇ ਸਮੁੰਦਰ ਦੇ ਸੰਗਮ ਤੇ, ਸਾਰੇ ਦੈਤ-ਗਣਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਮਾਰ ਕੇ।

Word by Word

• स्वस्थः: healthy, well
• स्वस्थः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वस्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (masculine nominative singular; adjectival predicate)

• भव: be (become)
• भव: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• द्विजश्रेष्ठ: O best of the twice-born (brahmins)
• द्विजश्रेष्ठ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक) + श्रेष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (द्विजानां श्रेष्ठः)

• स्नापयिष्ये: I will bathe (you) / cause (you) to bathe
• स्नापयिष्ये: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु) [णिच् causative: स्नापय]
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिजन्त (causative)

• न: not / no
• न: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• हत्वा: having slain
• हत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; पूर्वक्रिया (having done)

• दैत्यगणान्: the hosts of demons
• दैत्यगणान्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैत्य (प्रातिपदिक) + गण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (दैत्यानां गणाः)

• सर्वान्: all
• सर्वान्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying दैत्यगणान्)

• गोमती-उदधि-संगमे: at the confluence of the Gomati (river) and the ocean
• गोमती-उदधि-संगमे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोमती (प्रातिपदिक) + उदधि (प्रातिपदिक) + संगम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; समासः (गोमत्याः उदधेः संगमः / गोमती-उदधि-संगमः) स्थानवाचक

Speaker

Jagadīśvara (Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa, by context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: गोमती-उदधि-संगम

Type: sangam

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Lord reassures Durvāsā: ‘Be at ease’; He vows to enable the bath at the Gomati–ocean confluence after slaying demon hosts—linking compassion with heroic action against adharma near the sacred waters.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu (Jagadīśvara)
• Dvija (Durvāsā, by context)
• Daityas
• Gomatī
• Udādhi (Ocean)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is safeguarded when the Lord removes obstructing forces and guides devotees to purifying sacred rites.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Gomati–ocean confluence (Gomatī–udadhi saṅgama), a celebrated tīrtha in the Dvārakā setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (a sacred bath) at the Gomati–samudra saṅgama is explicitly indicated.