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Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 16

Devanagari script

ततःप्रभृति तत्ख्यातं तीर्थं गोमुखसंज्ञितम् । गोमुखाद्भूतले जातं यतश्चैवं द्विजोत्तमाः

Transliteration

tataḥprabhṛti tatkhyātaṃ tīrthaṃ gomukhasaṃjñitam | gomukhādbhūtale jātaṃ yataścaivaṃ dvijottamāḥ

Translation

اسی وقت سے وہ تیرتھ ‘گومکھ’ کے نام سے مشہور ہوا؛ کیونکہ وہ گائے کے منہ سے زمین پر ظاہر ہوا—اے بہترینِ دِویجوں۔

Word by Word
ततःthereafter/from then
ततः:
Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय; तस्मात्-प्रकारकं (ablatival adverb: 'thereafter/from that')
प्रभृतिfrom (that time) onward
प्रभृति:
Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्रभृति (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय; आरम्भ-पर्यन्तार्थकं (from/beginning with)
तत्that
तत्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया; एकवचन (agreeing with ख्यातम्)
ख्यातम्became known/famed
ख्यातम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootख्या (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया; एकवचन (known/famed)
तीर्थम्the sacred ford/pilgrimage place
तीर्थम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन
गोमुखसंज्ञितम्named ‘Gomukha’
गोमुखसंज्ञितम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootगोमुख (प्रातिपदिक) + संज्ञित (संज्ञा-धातु/प्रातिपदिक; क्त)
Formषष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन (qualifying तीर्थम्)
गोमुखात्from Gomukha
गोमुखात्:
Apadana (Source/अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootगोमुख (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी (ablative/अपादान); एकवचन
भूतलेon the earth/ground
भूतले:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootभूतल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (locative/अधिकरण); एकवचन
जातम्arose/was born
जातम्:
Kriya-visheshana (Predicate qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootजन् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया; एकवचन (arisen/born)
यतःfrom which/wherefrom
यतः:
Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयतस् (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय; हेत्वर्थकं/यत्-सम्बन्ध (from which/wherefrom; causal-relative)
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)
एवम्thus/in this way
एवम्:
Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएवम् (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (adverb of manner)
द्विजोत्तमाःO best of the twice-born (brahmins)
द्विजोत्तमाः:
Sambodhana (Vocative/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootद्विज (प्रातिपदिक) + उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formकर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-समास (श्रेष्ठा द्विजाः); पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा; बहुवचन; सम्बोधनार्थे (address)
Speaker

Sūta (contextual narration in Tīrthamāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gomukha

Type: tirtha

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvijottamāḥ (addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sacred spring/ford bursts forth from the mouth of a celestial cow; sages (dvijottamāḥ) witness the marvel as the place receives the name ‘Gomukha’.

Characters & Entities
G
Gomukha-tīrtha

FAQs

A tīrtha’s name preserves its revelation-history; remembering the origin strengthens śraddhā and the sense of sacred geography.

Gomukha-tīrtha, explicitly named and explained in this verse.

No explicit rite here; it provides the tīrtha’s nāma-kāraṇa (naming rationale), supporting pilgrimage remembrance.

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