Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 49

Devanagari script

एवं सा गोमती तत्र संजाता सागरंगमा । सर्वपापहरा प्रोक्ता पूर्वगंगेति या श्रुता

Transliteration

evaṃ sā gomatī tatra saṃjātā sāgaraṃgamā | sarvapāpaharā proktā pūrvagaṃgeti yā śrutā

Translation

یوں گومتی وہیں ظاہر ہوئی اور سمندرگامنی بن گئی۔ اسے سب گناہوں کو ہرانے والی کہا گیا ہے، اور وہ ‘پوربی گنگا’ کے نام سے مشہور ہے۔

Word by Word

• evam: thus
• evam: Adhikarana (Manner/प्रकाराधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of manner)

• sā: she (that river)
• sā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• gomatī: Gomatī
• gomatī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gomatī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• saṃjātā: arose, was born
• saṃjātā: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jan (जन् धातु) with sam- (उपसर्ग)
• Form: क्त (past participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; 'arose/came into being'

• sāgaraṃgamā: going to the ocean
• sāgaraṃgamā: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sāgara + gamā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुषः (sāgaraṃ gacchati)

• sarvapāpaharā: remover of all sins
• sarvapāpaharā: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva + pāpa + harā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः

• proktā: was proclaimed
• proktā: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (वच् धातु) with pra- (उपसर्ग)
• Form: क्त (past participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि/भावे 'was declared'

• pūrvagaṅgā: the former/earlier Gaṅgā
• pūrvagaṅgā: Pratipadya (Predicate nominal/प्रत्ययार्थ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pūrva + gaṅgā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (pūrvā gaṅgā)

• iti: thus, as
• iti: Sambandha (Quotation marker/इति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/इति-निपात (quotative particle)

• yā: who/which
• yā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक (relative pronoun)

• śrutā: was heard/known
• śrutā: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śru (श्रु धातु)
• Form: क्त (past participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; 'was heard/known as'

Speaker

Prahlāda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gomatī (Pūrvā Gaṅgā) at Dvārakā

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A panoramic view of the Gomatī’s course culminating in the sea; divine inscriptions or sages proclaim her as ‘Pūrvā Gaṅgā,’ while pilgrims bathe at the luminous confluence.

Characters & Entities

• Gomatī
• Sāgara (sea)
• Gaṅgā (as epithet Pūrvagaṅgā)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇas teach that certain rivers embody extraordinary grace; approaching them with faith becomes a means of purification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The river Gomatī at Dvārakā, especially her sea-ward course and sanctified confluence zone.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit injunction; the verse functions as a phala-śruti style praise of the river’s sin-removing power.