Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

कृष्णेन सह गच्छन्ति गीतवादित्रनिस्वनैः । स्तुवन्तो विविधैः स्तोत्रैर्गोविंदं गोपिकासरे

Transliteration

kṛṣṇena saha gacchanti gītavāditranisvanaiḥ | stuvanto vividhaiḥ stotrairgoviṃdaṃ gopikāsare

Translation

They go with Kṛṣṇa amid the sounds of song and instruments, praising Govinda with many kinds of hymns at Gopikāsara.

Word by Word

• कृष्णेन: with Krishna
• कृष्णेन: सहकारक/सह (Accompaniment)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• सह: together with
• सह: सह (Accompaniment marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपातः (‘with’)

• गच्छन्ति: go/walk
• गच्छन्ति: क्रिया (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √गम् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• गीतवादित्रनिस्वनैः: with the sounds of songs and instruments
• गीतवादित्रनिस्वनैः: करण (Instrument/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गीत+वादित्र+निस्वन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; समासः—गीतं च वादित्रं च (द्वन्द्व) + निस्वन (तत्पुरुषभावः: ‘sounds of…’)

• स्तुवन्तः: praising
• स्तुवन्तः: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्तु (धातु) + शतृ → स्तुवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (present active participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• विविधैः: with various
• विविधैः: करण (Instrument/Means)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विविध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying ‘स्तोत्रैः’)

• स्तोत्रैः: with hymns
• स्तोत्रैः: करण (Instrument/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तोत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

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

• गोपिकासरे: in/at Gopikāsara (place)
• गोपिकासरे: अधिकरण (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोपिका+सार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; समासः—गोपिकानां सारः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

Speaker

Śrī Kṛṣṇa

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gopikāsara

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A festive pilgrimage procession at Gopikāsara: devotees moving with Kṛṣṇa, surrounded by singers and instrumentalists, offering layered hymns to Govinda in a luminous coastal sacred landscape.

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Kṛṣṇa
• Govinda
• Gopikāsara
• Songs (gīta)
• Instruments (vāditra)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Joyful communal devotion—song, music, and hymns—sanctifies pilgrimage and deepens remembrance of Govinda.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Gopikāsara, the tīrtha in the Dvārakā Māhātmya where devotees praise Govinda.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Stotra and devotional singing with instruments (kīrtana-like worship) while approaching/at the tīrtha is endorsed.