Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 56

Devanagari script

प्राप्नुयादीप्सितान्कामान्गोमतीनीरसंगमे । कृतकृत्यो भवेद्विप्रा ऋणान्मुच्येत पैतृकात्

Transliteration

prāpnuyādīpsitānkāmāngomatīnīrasaṃgame | kṛtakṛtyo bhavedviprā ṛṇānmucyeta paitṛkāt

Translation

ณ สถานที่บรรจบแห่งสายน้ำโคมตี ย่อมบรรลุความปรารถนาที่ใฝ่หา โอ้พราหมณ์ เขาย่อมสำเร็จในหน้าที่ธรรม และพ้นจากหนี้บรรพชน

Word by Word

• प्राप्नुयात्: would obtain
• प्राप्नुयात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• ईप्सितान्: desired
• ईप्सितान्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ईप्सित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √आप्/ईप्स् (धातु-भाव) + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; ‘कामान्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• कामान्: wishes
• कामान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• गोमतीनीरसङ्गमे: at the confluence of Gomati's waters
• गोमतीनीरसङ्गमे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोमती-नीर-सङ्गम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; गोमत्याः नीरस्य सङ्गमः इति बहु-षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष-श्रृङ्खला

• कृतकृत्यः: one who has fulfilled his duty
• कृतकृत्यः: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत-कृत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कृतं कृत्यम् यस्य (अर्थे) कर्मधारय-प्रयोगः

• भवेत्: would become
• भवेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• विप्रः: a Brahmin
• विप्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• ऋणात्: from debt
• ऋणात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• मुच्येत: would be freed
• मुच्येत: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्; कर्मणि-प्रयोगः (passive sense)

• पैतृकात्: ancestral
• पैतृकात्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पैतृक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; ‘ऋणात्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

Speaker

Śrī Prahlāda (contextual attribution: Dvārakā Māhātmya narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gomatī-saṅgama (Dvārakā)

Type: sangam

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Vipra addressed directly

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At the river-sea meeting, a brāhmaṇa pilgrim performs snāna and tarpaṇa with cupped hands; subtle ancestral silhouettes receive offerings; the horizon shows Dvārakā’s sacred skyline.

Characters & Entities

• Gomātī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A sacred confluence is portrayed as a dharma-amplifier: it helps fulfill legitimate aims while purifying inherited obligations toward the ancestors.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Gomātī-nīra-saṅgama—the confluence of the Gomātī’s waters (in the Dvārakā sacred landscape).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pilgrimage and sacred-water observance at the Gomātī confluence (implied snāna/tīrtha-sevā) for fulfillment and freedom from pitṛ-related debts.