Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 48
नमो ब्रह्मण्यदेवाय गोब्राह्मणहिताय च । जगद्धिताय कृष्णाय गोविंदाय नमोनमः
namo brahmaṇyadevāya gobrāhmaṇahitāya ca | jagaddhitāya kṛṣṇāya goviṃdāya namonamaḥ
ബ്രാഹ്മണ്യദേവനു നമസ്കാരം; ഗോവിന്റെയും ബ്രാഹ്മണരുടെയും ഹിതൈഷിക്കു നമസ്കാരം. ജഗദ്ധിതകാരിയായ കൃഷ്ണനു, ഗോവിന്ദനു വീണ്ടും വീണ്ടും നമസ്കാരം.
Devas (collective prayer within Sūta’s narration)
Scene: Devas in reverent añjali chant a hymn to Kṛṣṇa-Govinda; Kṛṣṇa appears radiant, serene, holding conch/disc or as cowherd Govinda, embodying protection of cows and brāhmaṇas.
FAQs
The Supreme is praised as dharma’s guardian—especially of go and brāhmaṇa—whose compassion extends to the welfare of all beings.
No specific tīrtha; the verse is a universal Vaiṣṇava prayer.
The practice implied is nāma-japa and stuti (repeated salutations to Govinda/Kṛṣṇa).