Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 48
नमो ब्रह्मण्यदेवाय गोब्राह्मणहिताय च । जगद्धिताय कृष्णाय गोविंदाय नमोनमः
namo brahmaṇyadevāya gobrāhmaṇahitāya ca | jagaddhitāya kṛṣṇāya goviṃdāya namonamaḥ
นอบน้อมแด่พราหมณยเทพ ผู้ทรงอภิบาลธรรมะ นอบน้อมแด่ผู้เกื้อกูลโคและพราหมณ์ นอบน้อมซ้ำแล้วซ้ำเล่าแด่กฤษณะ โควินทะ ผู้ทรงมุ่งมงคลแก่โลกทั้งปวง
Devas (collective prayer within Sūta’s narration)
Scene: Devas in reverent añjali chant a hymn to Kṛṣṇa-Govinda; Kṛṣṇa appears radiant, serene, holding conch/disc or as cowherd Govinda, embodying protection of cows and brāhmaṇas.
FAQs
The Supreme is praised as dharma’s guardian—especially of go and brāhmaṇa—whose compassion extends to the welfare of all beings.
No specific tīrtha; the verse is a universal Vaiṣṇava prayer.
The practice implied is nāma-japa and stuti (repeated salutations to Govinda/Kṛṣṇa).