Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 48

Devanagari script

श्रीगोप्य ऊचुः । शीघ्रमानय गोविंदं साधु दर्शय चाच्युतम् । नयनानंदजननं तापत्रयविनाशनम्

Transliteration

śrīgopya ūcuḥ | śīghramānaya goviṃdaṃ sādhu darśaya cācyutam | nayanānaṃdajananaṃ tāpatrayavināśanam

Translation

Die ehrwürdigen Gopīs sprachen: „Bring rasch Govinda herbei; zeige uns gütig Acyuta—den, der den Augen Freude schenkt und das dreifache Leid vernichtet.“

Word by Word

• श्रीगोप्यः: the revered gopīs
• श्रीगोप्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री-गोपी (प्रातिपदिक; श्री + गोपी)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; संबोधनार्थे वक्तृ-निर्देशः (speakers)

• ऊचुः: said
• ऊचुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• शीघ्रम्: quickly
• शीघ्रम्: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शीघ्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• आनय: bring
• आनय: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नी (धातु) उपसर्गः आ-
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन

• गोविन्दम्: Govinda
• गोविन्दम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोविन्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• साधु: properly / indeed
• साधु: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: साधु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रशंसार्थक-क्रियाविशेषण (approving adverb: ‘well/indeed’)

• दर्शय: show
• दर्शय: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु) णिच् (causative)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; णिजन्त (causative)

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

• अच्युतम्: Acyuta (the infallible one)
• अच्युतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अच्युत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• नयनानन्दजननम्: producer of delight to the eyes
• नयनानन्दजननम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नयन + आनन्द + जनन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying Govinda/Acyuta)

• तापत्रयविनाशनम्: destroyer of the threefold suffering
• तापत्रयविनाशनम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ताप + त्रय + विनाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

Speaker

Gopikāḥ

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā (darśana of Govinda/Acyuta)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Uddhava

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The gopīs, reverent yet urgent, implore Uddhava to bring Govinda immediately; their eyes are wide with longing, conveying that Kṛṣṇa’s sight itself is healing and annihilates the threefold suffering.

Characters & Entities

• Govinda (Kṛṣṇa)
• Acyuta

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Darśana of the Lord is healing: devotion seeks not mere vision, but liberation from tapa-traya through divine grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The request occurs within the Dvārakā sacred setting, near Mayasaras, emphasizing the place as a stage for Kṛṣṇa-darśana.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No formal rite is stated; the devotional act requested is darśana—being shown the Lord.