Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 98

Devanagari script

ब्रह्मज्ञानेन मुच्यन्ते प्रयागे मरणेन वा । अथवा स्नानमात्रेण गोमत्यां कृष्णसंनिधौ

Transliteration

brahmajñānena mucyante prayāge maraṇena vā | athavā snānamātreṇa gomatyāṃ kṛṣṇasaṃnidhau

Translation

برہمن کے گیان سے نجات ملتی ہے، یا پریاگ میں مرنے سے؛ یا پھر کرشن کی حضوری میں گومتی میں محض اشنان کرنے سے ہی۔

Word by Word

• ब्रह्मज्ञानेन: by knowledge of Brahman
• ब्रह्मज्ञानेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) + ज्ञान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (ब्रह्मणः ज्ञानम्)

• मुच्यन्ते: are released/attain liberation
• मुच्यन्ते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि/मध्यार्थे (are liberated)

• प्रयागे: at Prayāga
• प्रयागे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रयाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन

• मरणेन: by death
• मरणेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्प-अव्यय (disjunctive particle)

• अथवा: or else/alternatively
• अथवा: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथवा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्प-अव्यय (alternative: or else)

• स्नानमात्रेण: by mere bathing
• स्नानमात्रेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक) + मात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (स्नानस्य मात्रम्)

• गोमत्याम्: in/at the Gomati (river)
• गोमत्याम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोमती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन

• कृष्णसंनिधौ: in the presence/proximity of Kṛṣṇa
• कृष्णसंनिधौ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक) + संनिधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (कृष्णस्य संनिधिः)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced: Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa narration style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gomatī (Dvārakā)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims descend the Gomati steps at dawn; the sea meets the river; in the background rises Dvārakā’s temple, and a radiant sense of Kṛṣṇa’s presence pervades the waters.

Characters & Entities

• Prayāga
• Gomatī
• Kṛṣṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine proximity (Kṛṣṇa-saṃnidhi) and tirtha-snān can function as swift means toward liberation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Gomati at Dvārakā, specifically in the presence of Kṛṣṇa; Prayāga is cited as a parallel mokṣa-site.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) in the Gomati near Kṛṣṇa.