Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 16

Devanagari script

स्नात्वा पश्यंति गोमत्यां कृष्णं कलिमलापहम् । न तेषां विषये यूयं न चास्मद्विषये तु ते

Transliteration

snātvā paśyaṃti gomatyāṃ kṛṣṇaṃ kalimalāpaham | na teṣāṃ viṣaye yūyaṃ na cāsmadviṣaye tu te

Translation

Омывшись в Гомати, они созерцают Кришну, устраняющего скверну века Кали. Над ними у вас нет власти; и по отношению к нам у них нет ни причины вражды, ни повода для страха.

Word by Word

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया/पूर्वकर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (prior action), अव्ययीभाव-प्रायः; धातु: स्ना

• पश्यन्ति: they see
• पश्यन्ति: Kriya (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पश् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• गोमत्याम्: in (the river) Gomati
• गोमत्याम्: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोमती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), सप्तमी विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• कृष्णम्: Krishna
• कृष्णम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• कलिमलापहम्: remover of the impurity of Kali
• कलिमलापहम्: Karman (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कलि (प्रातिपदिक) + मल (प्रातिपदिक) + अपह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी/सम्बन्ध: कलिमलस्य अपहः = remover of Kali’s impurity); पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier of कृष्णम्)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), षष्ठी विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural)

• विषये: in the domain/matter
• विषये: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विषय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• यूयम्: you (all)
• यूयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (2nd person pronoun), प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

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

• अस्मद्विषये: in our matter/domain
• अस्मद्विषये: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + विषय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी: अस्माकं विषयः); पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/विशेषण-अव्यय (adversative/emphatic particle)

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced; the verse addresses a ‘you’ plural, consistent with admonishing Yama’s agents)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gomātī (Dvārakā)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yamakiṅkaras (implied ‘you’ addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims bathe at Gomātī ghāṭa at dawn, then walk with wet hair and folded hands toward Kṛṣṇa’s shrine; in the background, Yama’s agents turn away, indicating loss of jurisdiction.

Characters & Entities

• Gomātī
• Kṛṣṇa
• Kali (Kali-yuga)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-bathing and Kṛṣṇa-darśana purify Kali’s defilement and place devotees beyond punitive jurisdiction.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Gomātī river at Dvārakā, connected with Kṛṣṇa’s presence and darśana.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (bathing) in the Gomātī followed by darśana of Kṛṣṇa.