Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 55

Devanagari script

श्रीवासुदेव उवाच । यस्माद्विमुक्तिदं पुण्यं गोमत्युदधिसंगमम् । रुद्धं दुरात्मभिः पापैस्तस्मात्ते निहता मया

Transliteration

śrīvāsudeva uvāca | yasmādvimuktidaṃ puṇyaṃ gomatyudadhisaṃgamam | ruddhaṃ durātmabhiḥ pāpaistasmātte nihatā mayā

Translation

Sinabi ni Sri Vasudeva: "Dahil ang banal na tagpuan ng Gomati at ng karagatan ay nagbibigay ng kalayaan, at dahil ito ay hinahadlangan ng mga makasalanan at masasamang nilalang, kaya sila ay pinatay Ko."

Word by Word

• श्रीवासुदेवः: the revered Vāsudeva
• श्रीवासुदेवः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री + वासुदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘श्रीमान् वासुदेवः’ कर्मधारय

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• यस्मात्: because (from which)
• यस्मात्: Apadana/Hetu (अपादान/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धे हेतौ ‘because/from which’

• विमुक्तिदम्: granting liberation
• विमुक्तिदम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विमुक्ति + द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुषः ‘विमुक्तिं ददाति’

• पुण्यम्: holy, meritorious
• पुण्यम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण

• गोमती-उदधि-संगमम्: the confluence of the Gomati and the ocean
• गोमती-उदधि-संगमम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोमती (नदी-नाम) + उदधि (प्रातिपदिक) + संगम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ‘गोमत्याः उदधेः संगमः’

• रुद्धम्: blocked
• रुद्धम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: रुध् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (Past Passive Participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे ‘blocked’

• दुरात्मभिः: by wicked ones
• दुरात्मभिः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुरात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; कर्मधारय ‘दुष्ट आत्मा’

• पापैः: sinful
• पापैः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; दुरात्मभिः इति विशेषण

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu (हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तस्मात् इति अव्ययीभाववत् निपात-प्रयोगः; हेत्वर्थे ‘therefore’

• ते: for you
• ते: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; ‘to/for you’

• निहताः: (you all) are slain
• निहताः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (धातु) + नि- (उपसर्ग)
• Form: क्त (Past Passive Participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; ‘slain’

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; ‘by me’

Speaker

Śrī Vāsudeva

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gomatī–udadhi-saṅgama (Dvārakā)

Type: sangam

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Māhātmya audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Vāsudeva speaks with calm authority, gesturing toward the meeting of Gomati and the ocean; behind him the luminous confluence glows, while fallen obstructors lie as a warning against tīrtha-droha.

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Vāsudeva
• Gomatī
• Udādhi (Ocean)
• Daityas/evil beings (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred tīrthas that grant liberation must be protected; obstructing holy access is a grave adharma, and divine power intervenes to uphold dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Gomati–ocean confluence (Gomatī-udadhi-saṅgama) in the Dvārakā sacred geography, praised as vimukti-dam (liberation-giving).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct rite is stated, but the verse implies the sanctity and salvific power of visiting/bathing at the Gomati–ocean confluence.