Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 87

Devanagari script

योजनैर्बहुभिस्तिष्ठन्गोमतीति च यो वदेत् । चांद्रायणसहस्रस्य फलमाप्नोति यत्नतः

Transliteration

yojanairbahubhistiṣṭhangomatīti ca yo vadet | cāṃdrāyaṇasahasrasya phalamāpnoti yatnataḥ

Translation

جو بہت سے یوجن دور کھڑا ہو کر بھی ‘گومتی’ کا نام لے، وہ کوشش کے ساتھ ہزار چندرایَن ورتوں کا پھل پا لیتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• योजनैः: by many yojanas (at a distance of yojanas)
• योजनैः: Karana (Measure/Means—करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योजन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• बहुभिः: many
• बहुभिः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; ‘योजनैः’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• तिष्ठन्: standing / remaining
• तिष्ठन्: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्था (धातु; तिष्ठति—स्थितौ)
• Form: वर्तमान कृदन्त (शतृ/Present active participle), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन, पुल्लिङ्ग; कर्तरि प्रयोगः

• गोमतीति: “Gomati” (thus)
• गोमतीति: Vacana-prayoga (Quotation marker/उद्धरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: गोमती (प्रातिपदिक) + इति (अव्यय)
• Form: ‘इति’ इत्युक्तिपर्यवसान-अव्यय (quotative particle); ‘गोमती’ शब्दस्य उद्धरणम्

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन, सम्बन्धवाचक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• वदेत्: should say / utters
• वदेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वद् (धातु; वचने)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• चन्द्रायणसहस्रस्य: of a thousand Cāndrāyaṇa (penances)
• चन्द्रायणसहस्रस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चन्द्रायण (प्रातिपदिक) + सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; समासः—चन्द्रायणानां सहस्रम् (a thousand Cāndrāyaṇa vows)

• फलम्: the fruit (result)
• फलम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• आप्नोति: attains
• आप्नोति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √आप् (धातु; प्राप्तौ)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• यत्नतः: with effort
• यत्नतः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb): यत्नतः = यत्नेन/प्रयत्नात् (with effort)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa, Dvārakā-māhātmya narration style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gomatī-nāma (name of the tīrtha)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A traveler halted far from the coast folds hands and utters ‘Gomatī’; a luminous syllable-stream travels across yojanas to the shining river at Dvārakā, where the water responds with a radiant ripple, signifying received devotion.

Characters & Entities

• Gomatī
• Cāndrāyaṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Remembrance and reverent utterance of a sacred tīrtha’s name can yield immense merit, emphasizing accessible dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Gomati river, famed in Dvārakā’s sacred landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Nāma-ucchāraṇa (uttering the name) ‘Gomati’ is presented as a potent devotional act, equated to many Cāndrāyaṇa vows.