Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

गोमती च समानीता तपसा नृपसत्तम । तत्र स्नातो नरः सम्यक्पातकै र्विप्रमुच्यते

Transliteration

gomatī ca samānītā tapasā nṛpasattama | tatra snāto naraḥ samyakpātakai rvipramucyate

Translation

โอ้ราชาผู้ประเสริฐยิ่ง ด้วยเดชแห่งตบะ ได้อัญเชิญแม่น้ำโคมตีมาสู่ที่นั้น ผู้ใดอาบน้ำศักดิ์สิทธิ์ ณ ที่นั้น ย่อมพ้นจากบาปและความผิดทั้งปวงโดยสิ้นเชิง

Word by Word

• गोमती: (the river) Gomatī
• गोमती: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोमती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Feminine, nominative singular

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक) — indeclinable conjunction

• समानीता: was brought/led
• समानीता: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + आ + नी (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय, भूतकर्मणि), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Past passive participle, feminine nominative singular

• तपसा: by austerity
• तपसा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन — Neuter, instrumental singular

• नृपसत्तम: O best of kings
• नृपसत्तम: Sambodhana (Vocative/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप (प्रातिपदिक) + सत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन — Masculine, vocative singular

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (स्थानवाचक क्रियाविशेषण) — indeclinable adverb of place

• स्नातः: having bathed
• स्नातः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Past participle, masculine nominative singular

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Masculine, nominative singular

• सम्यक्: properly
• सम्यक्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्यक् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (रीतिवाचक क्रियाविशेषण) — indeclinable adverb of manner

• पातकैः: from sins (lit. by sins)
• पातकैः: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पातक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन — Neuter, instrumental plural

• विप्रमुच्यते: is completely freed
• विप्रमुच्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + प्र + मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद, कर्मणि-प्रयोग — Present, 3rd person singular, passive/reflexive sense

Speaker

Pulastya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gomatī at Vasiṣṭha-kuṇḍa (implied)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A king (nṛpasattama/nṛpaśreṣṭha)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Vasiṣṭha performs austerity; from the earth or sky, the river Gomatī manifests and fills the kunda; pilgrims bathe as a luminous current enters the pool, symbolizing pātaka release.

Characters & Entities

• Gomatī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Austerity sanctifies geography; bathing at such sanctified waters is taught as a means of inner and karmic purification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The bathing place at/near Vasiṣṭha’s kuṇḍa where Gomatī is said to have been brought through tapas.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) at the tīrtha for removal of pātakas.