Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

नमस्ते गोपरूपाय विष्णवे परमात्मने । गोप्रचारे जगन्नाथ गृहाणार्घ्यं नमोऽस्तु ते

Transliteration

namaste goparūpāya viṣṇave paramātmane | gopracāre jagannātha gṛhāṇārghyaṃ namo'stu te

Translation

Ehrerbietung Dir, o Viṣṇu, höchstes Selbst, der Du in der Gestalt eines Kuhhirten erscheinst. O Jagannātha, der Du durch die Weiden schreitest, nimm dieses Arghya an; abermals Verehrung Dir.

Word by Word

• नमः: salutation, obeisance
• नमः: Sambodhana/Prayojana (Salutation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; नमस्कारार्थक-निपात (salutation particle)

• ते: to you/your
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/To you)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; षष्ठी (6th/Genitive) एकवचन (Singular)

• गोपरूपाय: to the one of cow-form
• गोपरूपाय: Sampradana (To whom salutation is offered)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो (प्रातिपदिक) + रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; चतुर्थी (4th/Dative) एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (गो-रूपः यस्य/गो-रूपः)

• विष्णवे: to Viṣṇu
• विष्णवे: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; चतुर्थी (4th/Dative) एकवचन

• परमात्मने: to the Supreme Self
• परमात्मने: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक) + आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; चतुर्थी (4th/Dative) एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (परमः आत्मा)

• गोप्रचारे: in/at the cow-pasture
• गोप्रचारे: Adhikarana (Locative/at the cow-pasture)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रचार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/Locative) एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (गवां प्रचारः)

• जगन्नाथ: O Lord of the world
• जगन्नाथ: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक) + नाथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन (Vocative) एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (जगतः नाथः)

• गृहाण: accept, take
• गृहाण: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative); मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person); एकवचन

• अर्घ्यम्: arghya-offering (water/oblation)
• अर्घ्यम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्घ्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative) एकवचन

• नमः: obeisance
• नमः: Sambodhana/Prayojana (Salutation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; नमस्कारार्थक-निपात

• अस्तु: let it be
• अस्तु: Kriya (Copula/Let it be)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative/benedictive sense); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person); एकवचन

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; चतुर्थी (4th/Dative) एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (introducing the mantra for the rite; deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā (arghya at tīrtha)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee at the water’s edge offers arghya while chanting a stuti to Govinda: Kṛṣṇa appears as cowherd yet radiates cosmic sovereignty as Jagannātha/Paramātman.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu
• Paramātman
• Jagannātha
• Gopa (cowherd form)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion recognizes the Supreme (Paramātman) as approachable through beloved forms, and worship is offered with humility and reverence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Dvārakā tīrtha setting of the chapter; the mantra accompanies the arghya and bathing rite connected to Gopikā-sara.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Recite this mantra while offering arghya to Viṣṇu (Jagannātha) in the prescribed bathing observance.