Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 57

Devanagari script

मनसा वचसा चैव कर्मणा यदुपार्जितम् । तत्सर्वं नश्यते पापं गोमतीनीरसंगमात्

Transliteration

manasā vacasā caiva karmaṇā yadupārjitam | tatsarvaṃ naśyate pāpaṃ gomatīnīrasaṃgamāt

Translation

மனம், சொல், செயல் ஆகியவற்றால் சேர்த்த பாவமெல்லாம் கோமதியின் நீர்சங்கமத்தால் முற்றிலும் அழிகிறது.

Word by Word

• manasā: by mind
• manasā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), एकवचन — Neuter, Instrumental (3rd), Singular

• vacasā: by speech
• vacasā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vacas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), एकवचन — Neuter, Instrumental (3rd), Singular

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction/particle)

• eva: indeed/just
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-निपात (emphatic particle)

• karmaṇā: by action/deed
• karmaṇā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: karman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), एकवचन — Neuter, Instrumental (3rd), Singular

• yat: whatever (that which)
• yat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — Neuter, Nom./Acc., Singular (relative pronoun)

• upārjitam: acquired/earned
• upārjitam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: upa-√arj (धातु) + upārjita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — Past passive participle, Neuter, Nom./Acc., Singular

• tat: that
• tat: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — Neuter, Nom./Acc., Singular (demonstrative)

• sarvam: all/entire
• sarvam: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — Neuter, Nom./Acc., Singular

• naśyate: is destroyed/perishes
• naśyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √naś (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद — Present, 3rd person, Singular, Ātmanepada

• pāpam: sin
• pāpam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — Neuter, Nom./Acc., Singular

• gomatī-nīra-saṃgamāt: from the confluence with the waters of the Gomati
• gomatī-nīra-saṃgamāt: Apadana (Source/Cause/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gomatī (प्रातिपदिक) + nīra (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃgama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (अपादान), एकवचन — Masculine, Ablative (5th), Singular; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (गोमती-नदी-नीरस्य संगमः)

Speaker

Śrī Prahlāda (contextual attribution: Dvārakā Māhātmya narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gomatī-saṅgama (Dvārakā)

Type: sangam

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At the sangama, dark smoky forms labeled as mind/speech/action dissolve into bright water; a pilgrim stands in prayer with folded hands, light radiating from the confluence.

Characters & Entities

• Gomātī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage is framed as inner purification: the tīrtha is said to cleanse faults arising from thought, word, and deed.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Gomātī-nīra-saṅgama (Gomātī confluence) in the Dvārakā region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Tīrtha-sevā centered on the confluence—especially snāna—is implied as the means of pāpa-kṣaya (destruction of sin).