Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

श्रीकृष्ण उवाच । यत्फलं हि मनुष्याणां स्नातानां गोपिकासरे । तच्छृणुध्वमसंदिग्धं प्रसन्ने मयि गोपिकाः

Transliteration

śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca | yatphalaṃ hi manuṣyāṇāṃ snātānāṃ gopikāsare | tacchṛṇudhvamasaṃdigdhaṃ prasanne mayi gopikāḥ

Translation

Śrī Kṛṣṇa sprach: Hört, o Gopikās, ohne jeden Zweifel, welchen Lohn Menschen erlangen, die im Gopikāsara baden, wenn Ich gnädig zufrieden bin.

Word by Word

• श्रीकृष्णः: Śrī Kṛṣṇa
• श्रीकृष्णः: Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री-कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक; श्री + कृष्ण)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriyā (Speech act/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• यत्: whatever/that which
• यत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative)

• फलम्: fruit/result
• फलम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• मनुष्याणाम्: of humans
• मनुष्याणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनुष्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• स्नातानाम्: of those who have bathed
• स्नातानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle) 'स्नात'; पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• गोपिकासरे: in the Gopikā-lake
• गोपिकासरे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोपिका-सरस् (प्रातिपदिक; गोपिका + सरस्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; correlative

• शृणुध्वम्: listen (you all)
• शृणुध्वम्: Kriyā (Requested action/आज्ञा)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), बहुवचन; आत्मनेपद

• असंदिग्धम्: undoubted, without ambiguity
• असंदिग्धम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-संदिग्ध (प्रातिपदिक; नञ् + संदिग्ध)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying तत्)

• प्रसन्ने: when (I am) pleased
• प्रसन्ने: Adhikaraṇa (Condition/state/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रसन्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying मयि: 'when I am pleased')

• मयि: in me
• मयि: Adhikaraṇa (Reference/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• गोपिकाः: O gopīs
• गोपिकाः: Sambodhana/Karta (Addressed audience/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोपिका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

Speaker

Śrī Kṛṣṇa

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gopikāsara

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Gopikās

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Kṛṣṇa addresses the gopikās, promising an unquestionable account of the fruit of bathing in Gopikāsara, framed by a serene sacred waterbody.

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Kṛṣṇa
• Gopikās
• Gopikāsara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Lord personally authorizes the tīrtha’s power; faith and divine grace make the promised merit certain.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Gopikāsara, a sacred bathing-place within the Dvārakā Māhātmya narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (bathing) at Gopikāsara is explicitly mentioned as the key rite.