Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 55
चिराय संज्ञां संप्राप्य विलेपुश्च सुदुःखिताः । हा नाथ कांत हा कृष्ण हा व्रजेश मनोहर
cirāya saṃjñāṃ saṃprāpya vilepuśca suduḥkhitāḥ | hā nātha kāṃta hā kṛṣṇa hā vrajeśa manohara
खूप वेळाने शुद्धीवर येऊन त्या अतिशय दुःखी होऊन विलाप करू लागल्या— “हा नाथ! हा कांत! हा कृष्ण! हा व्रजेश! मनोहर!”
Prahlāda (narrator, quoting the Vraja women)
Tirtha: Dvārakā (contextual) / Vraja (evoked)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Gopīs regain consciousness after swooning; tears flow as they cry out multiple epithets of Krishna—Nātha, Kānta, Kṛṣṇa, Vrajeśa—against a subdued pastoral backdrop that feels emptied by his absence.
FAQs
Calling upon the Lord with heartfelt names is itself prayer; grief becomes a direct, intimate form of devotion.
Dvārakā is the setting of encounter, while Vraja is invoked devotionally through the title “Vrajeśa.”
None; the verse centers on nāma-ucchāraṇa (calling the divine names) arising from devotion.