Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 40

Devanagari script

उद्धवेन समं सर्वास्ततस्ता व्रजयोषितः । अनुजग्मुर्मुदा युक्ताः कृष्णदर्शनलालसाः

Transliteration

uddhavena samaṃ sarvāstatastā vrajayoṣitaḥ | anujagmurmudā yuktāḥ kṛṣṇadarśanalālasāḥ

Translation

ତେବେ ବ୍ରଜର ସମସ୍ତ ଗୋପୀମାନେ ଉଦ୍ଧବଙ୍କ ସହ ଆନନ୍ଦରେ ଯୁକ୍ତ ହୋଇ, ଶ୍ରୀକୃଷ୍ଣଦର୍ଶନର ଲାଲସା ନେଇ ତାଙ୍କୁ ଅନୁସରଣ କଲେ।

Word by Word

• उद्धवेन: with Uddhava
• उद्धवेन: Sahakarana (Accompaniment/सहकारण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उद्धव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• समम्: together
• समम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: समम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सहार्थक (adverb/particle meaning 'together')

• सर्वाः: all (of them)
• सर्वाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: सर्वा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन

• ततः: then, from there
• ततः: Apadana/Desha-kala (Source/temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपादानार्थक/कालवाचक (from there/then)

• ताः: they
• ताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (प्रातिपदिक; स्त्री)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन; (सर्वाः इत्यस्य पुनरुक्त-निर्देशः)

• व्रजयोषितः: the women of Vraja
• व्रजयोषितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्रज + योषित् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (व्रजस्य योषितः)

• अनुजग्मुः: followed, went after
• अनुजग्मुः: Kriya (Predicate action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु + गम् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन

• मुदा: with joy
• मुदा: Karana (Instrument/means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुद्/मुदा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन; भाववाचक (means/manner)

• युक्ताः: joined, endowed
• युक्ताः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युक्त (कृदन्त; √युज्)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (P.P.P.)—‘युक्त’ = endowed/engaged

• कृष्णदर्शनलालसाः: eager to see Krishna
• कृष्णदर्शनलालसाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृष्ण + दर्शन + लालस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (कृष्णस्य दर्शनस्य लालसाः)

Speaker

Narrator (contextually continuing from Prahlāda’s narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvāravatī/Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Uddhava walking with the Vraja women, their faces bright with joy and longing, moving as a devotional procession toward Dvārakā.

Characters & Entities

• Uddhava
• Vraja-yoṣitaḥ (gopīs)
• Kṛṣṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The devotee’s highest aim is darśana of the Lord; joy arises from even the hope of meeting him.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā-māhātmya frames the episode, but this verse emphasizes movement toward Kṛṣṇa rather than a named tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it depicts devotional eagerness and accompaniment.