Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

तं दृष्ट्वा जलकल्लोलैः सुसंपूर्णं जलाशयम् । हर्षाद्गोपीजनं कृष्णः प्रोवाच वचनं तदा

Transliteration

taṃ dṛṣṭvā jalakallolaiḥ susaṃpūrṇaṃ jalāśayam | harṣādgopījanaṃ kṛṣṇaḥ provāca vacanaṃ tadā

Translation

Als Kṛṣṇa jenes Wasserbecken sah, das ganz von wogenden Wellen erfüllt war, sprach er voller Freude damals diese Worte zur Versammlung der Gopīs.

Word by Word

• tam: that (it)
• tam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• dṛṣṭvā: having seen
• dṛṣṭvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial to main verb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √dṛś (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive)

• jala-kallolaiḥ: with water-waves
• jala-kallolaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jala (प्रातिपदिक) + kallola (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (jalasya kallolaiḥ)

• su-saṃpūrṇam: completely full
• su-saṃpūrṇam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su- (उपसर्ग) + saṃpūrṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; विशेषण

• jalāśayam: reservoir of water, lake
• jalāśayam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jala (प्रातिपदिक) + āśaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (jalasya āśayam)

• harṣāt: from joy, out of delight
• harṣāt: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: harṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5), एकवचन; हेतौ पञ्चमी (ablative of cause)

• gopī-janam: the group of cowherd-women
• gopī-janam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gopī (प्रातिपदिक) + jana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (gopīnām janam)

• kṛṣṇaḥ: Kṛṣṇa
• kṛṣṇaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛṣṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• provāca: said, spoke forth
• provāca: Kriyā (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्शभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम; उपसर्ग: प्र-

• vacanam: words, speech
• vacanam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vacana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• tadā: then
• tadā: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration); verse reports Kṛṣṇa speaking next

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Unnamed saras (later named in subsequent verses)

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Kṛṣṇa stands near a wave-filled reservoir, smiling; an assembly of gopīs gathers in semicircle, attentive. The water surface is animated with small curling waves reflecting light.

Characters & Entities

• Kṛṣṇa
• Gopīs

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred places arise in the wake of divine līlā; devotion makes a tīrtha meaningful and worthy of praise.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A wave-filled holy lake/reservoir near Dvārakā, introduced as the setting for the later naming of Gopī-sara / Gopra-cāra tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it sets the scene for subsequent instructions and boons.