Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 89

Devanagari script

न स्नाता गोमतीतीरे कलौ पापेन मोहिताः । भविष्यति कथं तेषां पापबंधस्य संक्षयः

Transliteration

na snātā gomatītīre kalau pāpena mohitāḥ | bhaviṣyati kathaṃ teṣāṃ pāpabaṃdhasya saṃkṣayaḥ

Translation

ผู้ที่ถูกบาปลวงในกาลียุค มิได้อาบน้ำ ณ ฝั่งโกมตี แล้วพันธนะแห่งบาปของเขาจะสิ้นไปได้อย่างไร

Word by Word

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Relational/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध-निपात (negation)

• स्नाताः: (they) have bathed
• स्नाताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोगे ‘having bathed’

• गोमतीतीरे: on the bank of the Gomati
• गोमतीतीरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोमती (प्रातिपदिक) + तीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (गोमत्याः तीरे)

• कलौ: in the Kali age
• कलौ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कलि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• पापेन: by sin
• पापेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन

• मोहिताः: deluded
• मोहिताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुह् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (PPP); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘deluded’

• भविष्यति: will be, will happen
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• कथम्: how
• कथम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रश्नार्थक-क्रियाविशेषण (interrogative adverb: how)

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• पापबन्धस्य: of the bondage of sin
• पापबन्धस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक) + बन्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (पापस्य बन्धः)

• संक्षयः: destruction, cessation
• संक्षयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संक्षय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa, Dvārakā-māhātmya narration style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gomatī-tīra (Dvārakā)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A darkened Kali-yuga crowd, faces clouded by delusion, turns away from the bright Gomati ghāṭa; a luminous path from the river beckons, symbolizing the easy remedy, while the narrator’s words hang like a compassionate warning.

Characters & Entities

• Gomatī
• Kali Yuga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Neglecting purificatory opportunities in Kali Yuga prolongs bondage; tīrtha practices are presented as compassionate remedies.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The banks of the Gomati at Dvārakā are highlighted as a key locus for purification.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (bathing) at the Gomati riverbank is implied as a means for pāpa-kṣaya.