Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 45

Devanagari script

अम्बरीषादयः सर्व आजग्मुः कृष्णपालिताम् । द्वारवत्यां च ते दृष्ट्वा गोमतीं सागरंगमाम्

Transliteration

ambarīṣādayaḥ sarva ājagmuḥ kṛṣṇapālitām | dvāravatyāṃ ca te dṛṣṭvā gomatīṃ sāgaraṃgamām

Translation

அம்பரீஷர் முதலிய அனைவரும் கிருஷ்ணன் காக்கும் த்வாரவதிக்கு வந்தனர்; அங்கே கடலை நோக்கி ஓடும் கோமதி நதியைத் தரிசித்தனர்।

Word by Word

• ambarīṣa-ādayaḥ: Ambarīṣa and others
• ambarīṣa-ādayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ambarīṣa + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता), बहुवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Plural); समासः अम्बरीषः आदिः येषाम् (group headed by Ambarīṣa)

• sarve: all
• sarve: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Plural)

• ājagmuḥ: came
• ājagmuḥ: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-gam (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद (Perfect, 3rd person, Plural)

• kṛṣṇapālitām: (to) the one protected by Kṛṣṇa
• kṛṣṇapālitām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṛṣṇa + pālita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन (Feminine, Accusative, Singular); समासः कृष्णेन पालिता (protected by Kṛṣṇa)

• dvāravatyām: in Dvāravatī (Dvārakā)
• dvāravatyām: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvāravatī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन (Feminine, Locative, Singular)

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय (conjunction)

• te: they
• te: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Pronoun; Masculine, Nominative, Plural)

• dṛṣṭvā: having seen
• dṛṣṭvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive)

• gomatīm: the Gomati (river)
• gomatīm: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gomatī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन (Feminine, Accusative, Singular)

• sāgaraṃgamām: flowing to the ocean
• sāgaraṃgamām: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of Gomati)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sāgara + gamā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Feminine, Accusative, Singular); समासः सागरं गच्छति इति (going to the ocean)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa/Sauti), narrating the Dvārakā Māhātmya context

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gomatī (Dvārakā) and its ocean-meeting mouth

Type: sangam

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A procession led by Ambarīṣa arrives at Dvāravatī; the city’s gates and ramparts gleam; pilgrims pause at the Gomti as it widens into an estuary and merges with the sea.

Characters & Entities

• Ambarīṣa
• Kṛṣṇa
• Dvāravatī (Dvārakā)
• Gomatī
• Sāgara (Ocean)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Holy places flourish under divine protection, and seeing their sacred rivers is itself a doorway to merit and devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvāravatī (Dvārakā) and the sacred river Gomatī as it approaches the ocean.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is prescribed here; the verse sets the pilgrimage scene by highlighting Dvārakā and the Gomatī.