Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 83

Devanagari script

गोमतीनीरपूतानां कृष्णवक्त्रावलोकि नाम् । दर्शनात्पातकं तेषां याति वर्षशतार्जितम्

Transliteration

gomatīnīrapūtānāṃ kṛṣṇavaktrāvaloki nām | darśanātpātakaṃ teṣāṃ yāti varṣaśatārjitam

Translation

凡为戈摩提河（Gomati）之水所净化、又蒙福得见克里希纳（Kṛṣṇa）圣颜者，仅凭那一次达尔善（darśana，瞻礼），百年积罪便尽皆消散。

Word by Word

• गोमतीनीरपूतानाम्: of those purified by the waters of the Gomati
• गोमतीनीरपूतानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गोमती (प्रातिपदिक) + नीर (प्रातिपदिक) + पूत (कृदन्त; √पू पवने/शुद्धौ)
• Form: बहुवचन, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग-सम्बन्धि विशेषण; समासः—(गोमती-नीर)-पूत = गोमती-जल-शुद्धितानाम् (those purified by Gomati water)

• कृष्णवक्त्रावलोकिनाम्: of those who have beheld Krishna’s face
• कृष्णवक्त्रावलोकिनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक) + वक्त्र (प्रातिपदिक) + अवलोकिन् (प्रातिपदिक; √लोक् अवलोकने)
• Form: बहुवचन, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), पुल्लिङ्ग; समासः—कृष्ण-वक्त्र-अवलोकिन् = कृष्णस्य वक्त्रं ये अवलोकयन्ति/अवलोकितवन्तः तेषाम्

• दर्शनात्: from/by (that) sight
• दर्शनात्: Apadana (Source/Cause—ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक; √दृश् दर्शने)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• पातकम्: sin
• पातकम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पातक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन, सर्वनाम

• याति: goes away / departs
• याति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √या (धातु; गतौ)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• वर्षशतार्जितम्: accumulated over a hundred years
• वर्षशतार्जितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वर्ष (प्रातिपदिक) + शत (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्जित (कृदन्त; √अर्ज् अर्जने)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—वर्ष-शत-अर्जित = वर्षशतेन अर्जितम् (accumulated over a hundred years)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa, Dvārakā-māhātmya narration style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gomatī (Dvārakā)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (implicit continuation)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims bathe at the Gomati ghats, then walk with wet hair and folded hands toward the temple to behold Kṛṣṇa’s radiant face; the sense is of sins washing away like dark smoke dissolving in light.

Characters & Entities

• Gomatī
• Kṛṣṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-snān and divine darśana together bring swift purification, dissolving even long-accumulated wrongdoing.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Gomati in Dvārakā, along with Kṛṣṇa’s darśana, is praised as a supreme purifier.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Purification through Gomati waters (snāna implied) and receiving Kṛṣṇa’s darśana.