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

Voyant ce réservoir d’eau entièrement rempli de vagues ondoyantes, Kṛṣṇa, dans la joie, adressa alors ces paroles à l’assemblée des 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.