Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 195

Devanagari script

गोप्रताराभिधे तीर्थे त्रिलोकीविश्रुते द्विज । दत्त्वान्नं च विधानेन न स भूयोऽभिजायते

Transliteration

gopratārābhidhe tīrthe trilokīviśrute dvija | dattvānnaṃ ca vidhānena na sa bhūyo'bhijāyate

Translation

اے دِوِج! تینوں لوکوں میں مشہور گوپرتارا نامی تیرتھ میں جو ودھی کے مطابق اَنّ دان کرے، وہ پھر دوبارہ جنم نہیں لیتا۔

Word by Word

• गोप्रताराभिधे: in (the) named ‘Gopratārā’
• गोप्रताराभिधे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गोप्रतारा (प्रातिपदिक) + अभिध (धातु/कृदन्त-आधार)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; ‘गोप्रतारा’ इति नाम्नि ‘अभिध’ (=नामधेय) इत्यर्थे—‘गोप्रताराभिध’ = गोप्रतारा-नामक (locative agreeing with tīrthe)

• तीर्थे: in the sacred ford/place
• तीर्थे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• त्रिलोकीविश्रुते: renowned in the three worlds
• त्रिलोकीविश्रुते: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रिलोकी (प्रातिपदिक) + विश्रुत (कृदन्त; √श्रु धातु, क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; ‘त्रिलोकी-विश्रुत’ = त्रिलोकीषु विश्रुतः (well-known in the three worlds), tīrthe इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• द्विज: O twice-born (brahmin)
• द्विज: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• दत्त्वा: having given
• दत्त्वा: Kriya (Gerundial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive), ‘having given’

• अन्नम्: food
• अन्नम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• विधानेन: by (proper) procedure
• विधानेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; करण/प्रकारार्थे (by the prescribed procedure)

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation particle)

• स: he
• स: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• भूयः: again
• भूयः: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूयस् (अव्यय-प्रयोग)
• Form: पुनरर्थक/पुनः इत्यर्थे अव्यय (again, further)

• अभिजायते: is born (again)
• अभिजायते: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; उपसर्गः ‘अभि-’ (is born again)

Speaker

Brahmā (deduced: Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa narrative style—Brahmā to Nārada)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gopratāra

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvija (explicitly addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On the Sarayū ghāṭ at Gopratāra, a donor distributes cooked food to Brāhmaṇas and pilgrims seated in rows; the river glows behind, and a subtle upward path of light symbolizes release from rebirth.

Characters & Entities

• Gopratāra Tīrtha
• Anna-dāna
• Triloka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

At a supremely sanctified place, properly performed charity (especially feeding) becomes a direct cause for liberation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Gopratāra Tīrtha, described as famous across the three worlds.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Anna-dāna (food-giving/feeding), performed vidhānena—according to proper injunctions.