Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 41
गायन्त्यः प्रियगीतानि तद्बालचरितानि च । जग्मुः सहैव शनकैरुद्धवेन व्रजांगनाः
gāyantyaḥ priyagītāni tadbālacaritāni ca | jagmuḥ sahaiva śanakairuddhavena vrajāṃganāḥ
പ്രിയഗീതങ്ങൾ പാടിക്കൊണ്ടും അവന്റെ ബാലലീലകളുടെ കഥകളും ചൊല്ലിക്കൊണ്ടും, വ്രജാംഗനമാർ ഉദ്ധവനോടൊപ്പം പതുക്കെ ഒരുമിച്ച് നടന്നു।
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Dvārakā-māhātmya context)
Tirtha: Dvārakā (approach as kīrtana-mārga)
Type: kshetra
Scene: The gopīs walk slowly with Uddhava, singing; some gesture as if narrating Kṛṣṇa’s childhood pranks, their faces alternating between smiles and tears.
FAQs
Devotion is sustained by nāma, gīta, and līlā-smaraṇa—loving remembrance expressed through song while moving toward the Lord’s sacred abode.
The broader passage belongs to Dvārakā-māhātmya, orienting the devotees’ movement toward Dvārakā as a sanctifying destination.
No explicit ritual is prescribed here; the implied sādhana is devotional singing and remembrance (kīrtana and smaraṇa).