Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 185

Devanagari script

कार्तिके प्राप्य तद्यन्ति तीर्थानि सकलान्यपि । गोप्रतारं गमिष्यामः पापं त्यक्तुमितीच्छया

Transliteration

kārtike prāpya tadyanti tīrthāni sakalānyapi | gopratāraṃ gamiṣyāmaḥ pāpaṃ tyaktumitīcchayā

Translation

เมื่อเดือนการ์ติกะมาถึง ทิรถะทั้งปวงก็ออกเดินทางไปยังที่นั้น “เราจักไปสู่โคปรตารา” —ด้วยความปรารถนาจะละบาป—ดังนี้พวกเขาจึงตั้งสัจจะ

Word by Word

• कार्तिके: in (the month of) Kārtika
• कार्तिके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्तिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; कालाधिकरण (locative of time)

• प्राप्य: having reached/obtained
• प्राप्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); अर्थः—‘प्राप्य’ = having obtained/reached

• तत्: that (place/thing)
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; ‘प्राप्य’ इत्यस्य कर्म

• यान्ति: they go
• यान्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• तीर्थानि: pilgrimage places
• तीर्थानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; कर्तृपद

• सकलानि: all, entire
• सकलानि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सकल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; ‘तीर्थानि’ इत्यस्य विशेषण

• अपि: also, even
• अपि: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अप्यर्थक-अव्यय (particle: also/even)

• गोप्रतारम्: to Gopratāra
• गोप्रतारम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो-प्रतार (प्रातिपदिक; गो + प्रतार)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; गत्यर्थक-क्रियायाः कर्म/गन्तव्य

• गमिष्यामः: we shall go
• गमिष्यामः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• पापम्: sin
• पापम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; ‘त्यक्तुम्’ इत्यस्य कर्म

• त्यक्तुम्: to abandon
• त्यक्तुम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्यज् (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (infinitive); प्रयोजन/इच्छार्थे

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/वाक्यसमाप्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• इच्छया: with the desire
• इच्छया: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इच्छा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; करण/हेतु (motive)

Speaker

Brahmā (deduced; includes quoted resolve of tīrthas/pilgrims)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gopratāra

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A symbolic procession: personified tīrthas—river goddesses and sacred-place deities—travel like pilgrims toward Ayodhyā, all declaring, ‘We shall go to Gopratāra to abandon sin.’

Characters & Entities

• Kārtika
• Gopratāra
• Tīrthas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A sincere intention to renounce sin, aligned with sacred timing (Kārtika), makes pilgrimage a deliberate act of moral and spiritual reform.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Gopratāra Tīrtha in Ayodhyā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A Kārtika-time pilgrimage/visit to Gopratāra with the resolve to give up pāpa (sin).