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

由是，戈摩提河在彼处兴起，成为奔赴大海之河。她被宣说为能除尽诸罪，并以“东方恒河”之名而闻名。

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.