Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 18

Devanagari script

गोप्य ऊचुः । यदि तुष्टोऽसि भगवन्यदि देयो वरो हि नः । तस्मात्त्वया सदा कृष्ण नरयानेन माधव

Transliteration

gopya ūcuḥ | yadi tuṣṭo'si bhagavanyadi deyo varo hi naḥ | tasmāttvayā sadā kṛṣṇa narayānena mādhava

Translation

गोप्य ऊचुः—यदि तुष्टोऽसि भगवन्, यदि च नः वरो देयः; तर्हि कृष्ण माधव, त्वया सदा नरयानेनात्र आगन्तव्यम्।

Word by Word

• गोप्यः: the gopīs
• गोप्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोपी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• ऊचुः: said
• ऊचुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बन्धबोधक-अव्यय (conditional particle)

• तुष्टः: pleased
• तुष्टः: Visheshana (Predicate adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुष्ट (कृदन्त; तुष् धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• असि: you are
• असि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन

• भगवन्: O Lord
• भगवन्: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बन्धबोधक-अव्यय (conditional particle)

• देयः: to be given
• देयः: Visheshana (Predicate adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: देय (कृदन्त; दा धातु)
• Form: भविष्यत्कर्तव्यतार्थक कृदन्त (यत्/तव्यत्-भाव), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (to be given)

• वरः: a boon
• वरः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic/causal particle)

• नः: for us / of us
• नः: Sampradana (Beneficiary/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive) बहुवचन (enclitic form)

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तस्मात् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक तद्)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-प्रयोगवत् (ablatival adverb) ‘therefore/from that’

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• सदा: always
• सदा: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

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

• नरयानेन: by the human conveyance/chariot
• नरयानेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर + यान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (यान), तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ‘नराणां यानम्’

• माधव: O Mādhava
• माधव: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माधव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

Speaker

Gopīs

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gopī-sara

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The gopīs, earnest and emotionally intense, request that Kṛṣṇa always come here in a humanly perceivable manner; Kṛṣṇa listens with compassionate composure.

Characters & Entities

• Gopīs
• Kṛṣṇa
• Mādhava

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The highest boon sought by devotees is continual divine presence and accessible darśana.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Dvārakā-area tīrtha where the gopīs desire Kṛṣṇa’s recurring arrival and presence.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Not a ritual; it is a devotional request for Kṛṣṇa’s perpetual visitation.