Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

न दृष्टा द्वारका कृष्ण न स्नातो गोमतीजले । न दृष्टं पादपद्मं च त्वदीयं मोक्षदा यकम्

Transliteration

na dṛṣṭā dvārakā kṛṣṇa na snāto gomatījale | na dṛṣṭaṃ pādapadmaṃ ca tvadīyaṃ mokṣadā yakam

Translation

اے کرشن! میں نے دوارکا کے درشن نہیں کیے؛ نہ گومتی کے جل میں اسنان کیا؛ اور نہ ہی تیرے موکش دینے والے کمل چرنوں کے درشن ہوئے۔

Word by Word

• न: not
• न: Nipāta (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध-निपात

• दृष्टा: seen
• दृष्टा: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle); स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन

• द्वारका: Dvārakā
• द्वारका: Karma (Object of ‘seen’/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वारका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति; एकवचन (Nominative singular)

• कृष्ण: O Kṛṣṇa
• कृष्ण: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सम्बोधन; पुंलिङ्ग; एकवचन (Vocative singular)

• न: not
• न: Nipāta (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध-निपात

• स्नातः: bathed
• स्नातः: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन

• गोमतीजले: in the waters of the Gomati
• गोमतीजले: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोमती (प्रातिपदिक) + जल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी विभक्ति; एकवचन; नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Locative singular: ‘in the water of Gomati’)

• न: not
• न: Nipāta (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध-निपात

• दृष्टम्: seen
• दृष्टम्: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया; एकवचन

• पादपद्मम्: lotus-feet
• पादपद्मम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाद (प्रातिपदिक) + पद्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति; एकवचन (Accusative singular)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (conjunction)

• त्वदीयम्: your
• त्वदीयम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्वदीय (प्रातिपदिक; त्वद्-सम्बन्धी)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति; एकवचन (Accusative singular; agrees with पादपद्मम्)

• मोक्षदम्: granting liberation
• मोक्षदम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मोक्ष (प्रातिपदिक) + द (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक from दा धातु)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति; एकवचन (Accusative singular; agrees with पादपद्मम्)

• यकम्: (unclear reading: ‘yakam’ as transmitted)
• यकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति; एकवचन (Accusative singular)

Speaker

A devotee/pilgrim addressing Śrī Kṛṣṇa

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā; Gomati-tīrtha

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee laments before Kṛṣṇa, hands folded, with distant Dvārakā’s golden ramparts suggested; the Gomati waters shimmer nearby; the devotee’s gaze seeks the lotus-feet as the symbol of liberation.

Characters & Entities

• Dvārakā
• Kṛṣṇa
• Gomatī
• pāda-padma
• mokṣa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage (yātrā), sacred bathing, and darśana are presented as powerful supports for liberation-oriented life.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā and the Gomati river associated with Dvārakā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Gomatī-jala snāna (bathing in the Gomati) and darśana of the Lord’s lotus feet.