Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

भद्रोवाच । हा कृष्ण हा गोपवर हा गोपीजनवल्लभ । समुद्धर महाबाहो गोपीः संसारसागरात्

Transliteration

bhadrovāca | hā kṛṣṇa hā gopavara hā gopījanavallabha | samuddhara mahābāho gopīḥ saṃsārasāgarāt

Translation

भद्रा उवाच । हा कृष्ण हा गोपवर, हा गोपीजनवल्लभ । समुद्धर महाबाहो, गोपीः संसारसागरात् ॥

Word by Word

• भद्रः: Bhadra (speaker)
• भद्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• हा: O! alas!
• हा: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हा (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बोधनार्थक-निपात (vocative particle/exclamation)

• कृष्ण: O Kṛṣṇa
• कृष्ण: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन

• हा: O! alas!
• हा: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हा (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बोधनार्थक-निपात

• गोपवर: O best of cowherds
• गोपवर: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोप + वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः—वरः गोपः/गोपानां वरः

• हा: O! alas!
• हा: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हा (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बोधनार्थक-निपात

• गोपीजनवल्लभ: O beloved of the gopīs
• गोपीजनवल्लभ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोपी + जन + वल्लभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः—गोपीजनस्य वल्लभः

• समुद्धर: lift out, rescue
• समुद्धर: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्धृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; उपसर्गः—सम्

• महाबाहो: O mighty-armed one
• महाबाहो: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाबाहु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः—महान्तौ बाहू यस्य

• गोपीः: the gopīs
• गोपीः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोपी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन

• संसारसागरात्: from the ocean of worldly existence
• संसारसागरात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संसार + सागर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः—संसारस्य सागरः

Speaker

Bhadrā

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Kṛṣṇa (invoked)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Bhadrā raises her arms in a desperate yet devotional cry, invoking Kṛṣṇa as gopī-beloved and savior; the ocean behind becomes a visual metaphor for saṃsāra.

Characters & Entities

• Bhadrā
• Kṛṣṇa
• Gopīs

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True refuge is taken in Bhagavān; liberation is sought through divine grace rather than ego-effort.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is praised in this verse; it is a direct supplication to Kṛṣṇa within the Dvārakā-māhātmya narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse is a heartfelt prayer.