Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 23

Devanagari script

गोमतीसंगमे स्नात्वा भृगुतीर्थे तथैव च । न मातुर्वसते कुक्षौ यद्यपि स्यात्स पातकी

Transliteration

gomatīsaṃgame snātvā bhṛgutīrthe tathaiva ca | na māturvasate kukṣau yadyapi syātsa pātakī

Translation

เมื่ออาบน้ำ ณ สังฆมแห่งแม่น้ำโคมตี และอาบ ณ ภฤคุตีรถะด้วย แม้ผู้นั้นจะเป็นคนบาป ก็ไม่กลับไปอาศัยในครรภ์มารดาอีก—นี่คือมหิทธิคุณแห่งสายน้ำศักดิ์สิทธิ์อันให้โมกษะ

Word by Word

• गोमती-सङ्गमे: at the confluence of the Gomati
• गोमती-सङ्गमे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोमती (प्रातिपदिक) + सङ्गम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति, एकवचन; अधिकरण

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having bathed)

• भृगु-तीर्थे: at Bhṛgu’s sacred ford
• भृगु-तीर्थे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भृगु (प्रातिपदिक) + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति, एकवचन; अधिकरण

• तथा: thus, likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (thus/so)

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-निपात (indeed/just)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negation)

• मातुः: of (his) mother
• मातुः: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive)

• वसते: dwells, resides
• वसते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• कुक्षौ: in the womb
• कुक्षौ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुक्षि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति, एकवचन; अधिकरण

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (Conditional/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्तार्थक-अव्यय (if)

• अपि: even though
• अपि: Sambandha (Concessive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अप्यर्थक-निपात (even/although)

• स्यात्: should be, may be
• स्यात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्ता

• पातकी: a sinner
• पातकी: Karma (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पातकिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; विधेय (predicate nominative)

Speaker

Unspecified in the given snippet (contextual narrator within Dvārakā Māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gomatī-saṅgama; Bhṛgu-tīrtha

Type: sangam

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage-inquirer audience within the māhātmya frame

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims bathing at the river-sea confluence; the Gomatī’s current meets the ocean; a small shrine or marker for Bhṛgu-tīrtha nearby; sinners symbolically shedding dark stains as water turns luminous.

Characters & Entities

• Gomatī
• Bhṛgu
• Bhṛgu-tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Holy bathing at renowned tīrthas, when done with faith, is proclaimed to cut the cycle of rebirth and lead toward liberation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The confluence of the Gomatī (Gomatī-saṅgama) and Bhṛgu-tīrtha, both associated with Dvārakā’s sacred geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) at Gomatī-saṅgama and at Bhṛgu-tīrtha.