Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

पितॄणां चाक्षया तृप्तिर्गयाश्राद्धेन वै यथा । तद्वच्छ्राद्धान्महाभाग गोमत्युदधिसंगमे

Transliteration

pitṝṇāṃ cākṣayā tṛptirgayāśrāddhena vai yathā | tadvacchrāddhānmahābhāga gomatyudadhisaṃgame

Translation

గయాశ్రాద్ధం వలన పితృదేవతలకు అక్షయ తృప్తి కలుగునట్లు, అలాగే—హే మహాభాగ—గోమతీ–సముద్ర సంగమంలో చేసిన శ్రాద్ధమూ అదే ఫలాన్ని ఇస్తుంది।

Word by Word

• pitṝṇām: of the ancestors
• pitṝṇām: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• akṣayā: imperishable (benefit)
• akṣayā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: akṣayā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• tṛptiḥ: satisfaction
• tṛptiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tṛpti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• gayā-śrāddhena: by the Gayā-śrāddha
• gayā-śrāddhena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gayā (प्रातिपदिक) + śrāddha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; सप्तमी/षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषार्थ (Gayāyām/Gayāyāḥ śrāddham)

• vai: indeed
• vai: Sambandha (Emphasis/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• yathā: as
• yathā: Sambandha (Comparison/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमान/तुलना-अव्यय (comparative particle)

• tadvat: likewise
• tadvat: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadvat (अव्यय)
• Form: तुलना-अव्यय (adverb: 'in the same way')

• śrāddhāt: from/through śrāddha
• śrāddhāt: Apadana (Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrāddha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन

• mahābhāga: O fortunate one
• mahābhāga: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + bhāga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; विशेषण-प्रधान (address)

• gomatī-udadhi-saṃgame: at the confluence of the Gomati and the ocean
• gomatī-udadhi-saṃgame: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gomatī (प्रातिपदिक) + udadhi (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃgama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (gomatyāḥ udadheḥ saṃgamaḥ)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Dvārakā Māhātmya discourse context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gomātī–Udadhi-saṅgama (Dvārakā)

Type: sangam

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: mahābhāga (addressed noble listener)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A teacher addresses a noble listener, declaring that śrāddha at the Gomātī–ocean confluence equals Gayā-śrāddha; the scene juxtaposes symbolic markers: a coastal saṅgama on one side and a faint vignette of Gayā’s ritual setting on the other.

Characters & Entities

• Pitṛs (ancestors)
• Gayā
• Gomātī
• Udadhि (Ocean)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dvārakā’s Gomātī–ocean confluence is elevated to a śrāddha-tīrtha status comparable to Gayā for ancestral satisfaction.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Gomātī-udadhi-saṅgama near Dvārakā, explicitly compared with Gayā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Performing śrāddha at the Gomātī–ocean confluence for akṣayā (imperishable) pitṛ-tṛpti.