Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 14
गोर्वाचावाचकः शब्दो भवतीभिर्मया सह । गोप्रचारेति वै नाम्नां ख्यातिं लोके गमिष्यति
gorvācāvācakaḥ śabdo bhavatībhirmayā saha | gopracāreti vai nāmnāṃ khyātiṃ loke gamiṣyati
“‘গো’ শব্দে বাণী অৰ্থাৎ বাক্য বুজায়; আৰু তোমালোকৰ দ্বাৰা—মোৰ সৈতে একেলগে—এই স্থান ‘গোপ্রচাৰ’ নামে জগতত খ্যাতি লাভ কৰিব।”
Śrī Kṛṣṇa
Tirtha: Gopracāra
Type: kund
Scene: Kṛṣṇa explains the meaning of ‘go’ as speech and proclaims the name ‘Gopracāra’. The scene can include a symbolic motif: a flowing ribbon of script emerging from Kṛṣṇa’s mouth, merging into the lake/landscape.
FAQs
Purāṇas sanctify geography through meaning-filled names; remembrance of the name becomes a doorway to merit.
Gopracāra, a tīrtha-name associated with Kṛṣṇa and the gopīs in the Dvārakā Māhātmya.
None in this verse; it focuses on name-glory and etymological explanation.