Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

भक्तिर्भागवतानां च गोविंदस्यापि कीर्तनम् । न देहग्रहणं तस्मात्पुनर्लोके भविष्यति

Transliteration

bhaktirbhāgavatānāṃ ca goviṃdasyāpi kīrtanam | na dehagrahaṇaṃ tasmātpunarloke bhaviṣyati

Translation

For the devotees of the Bhagavān there is bhakti and the singing of Govinda’s praises; therefore, there will be no taking up of another body again in the world (no rebirth).

Word by Word

• bhaktiḥ: devotion
• bhaktiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• bhāgavatānām: of the devotees of Bhagavān
• bhāgavatānām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāgavata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• govindasya: of Govinda
• govindasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: govinda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अपि-कारक अव्यय (also/even)

• kīrtanam: chanting; glorification
• kīrtanam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kīrtana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय

• dehagrahaṇam: taking a body; embodiment
• dehagrahaṇam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deha + grahaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (dehasya grahaṇam)

• tasmāt: therefore
• tasmāt: Hetu (Reason/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: हेतुवाचक निपात (therefore)

• punaḥ: again
• punaḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: काल/पुनरावृत्तिवाचक-अव्यय (again)

• loke: in the world
• loke: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• bhaviṣyati: will be; will occur
• bhaviṣyati: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator within Dvārakā-māhātmya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devotees (bhāgavatas) sing Govinda’s names through the night; above them, a subtle wheel of saṃsāra breaks, symbolizing no further embodiment.

Characters & Entities

• Govinda

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Bhakti expressed through Govinda-kīrtana is presented as a direct means to freedom from rebirth.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā, within the Dvārakā-māhātmya narrative frame.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Kīrtana—devotional singing/recitation of Govinda’s names and glories.