Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 59

Devanagari script

गोमतीस्नानमात्रेण मानवो नात्र संशयः । सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तो याति विष्णुं सनातनम्

Transliteration

gomatīsnānamātreṇa mānavo nātra saṃśayaḥ | sarvapāpavinirmukto yāti viṣṇuṃ sanātanam

Translation

گومتی میں محض غسل کرنے سے—اس میں کوئی شک نہیں—انسان تمام گناہوں سے پاک ہو کر وِشنو، ازلی رب، کو پا لیتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• gomatī-snāna-mātreṇa: by merely bathing in the Gomati
• gomatī-snāna-mātreṇa: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gomatī (प्रातिपदिक) + snāna (प्रातिपदिक) + mātra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन — Neuter, Instrumental, Singular; तत्पुरुष (गोमती-स्नानस्य मात्रेण = केवलस्नानेन)

• mānavaḥ: a man/human
• mānavaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mānava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-निपात (negation particle)

• atra: here/in this matter
• atra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• saṃśayaḥ: doubt
• saṃśayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃśaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• sarva-pāpa-vinirmuktaḥ: freed from all sins
• sarva-pāpa-vinirmuktaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + pāpa (प्रातिपदिक) + vi-nis-√muc (धातु) + vinirmukta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Singular; भूतकृदन्त (क्त) ‘विनिर्मुक्त’; तत्पुरुष (सर्वपापेभ्यः विनिर्मुक्तः)

• yāti: goes/attains
• yāti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √yā (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — Present, 3rd person, Singular

• viṣṇum: Viṣṇu
• viṣṇum: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• sanātanam: eternal
• sanātanam: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sanātana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

Śrī Prahlāda (contextual attribution: Dvārakā Māhātmya narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gomātī (Dvārakā)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims at dawn bathe at the Gomātī ghāṭa near Dvārakā, offering arghya; the river meets the sea, and Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa is envisioned as the inner goal of the rite.

Characters & Entities

• Gomātī
• Viṣṇu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Faithful contact with a sanctified river is taught as a direct means to purification and God-attainment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Gomātī river at Dvārakā (Gomātī-snānā) is explicitly praised.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Gomātī-snāna (ritual bathing in the Gomātī).