Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 12
तत्कृत्वा रूपद्वितयं तत्र जन्म त्वमाप्स्यसि । यत्तया कथितो वंशो ममायं गोपसंज्ञितः । तत्र त्वं पावनार्थाय चिरं वृद्धिमवाप्स्यसि
tatkṛtvā rūpadvitayaṃ tatra janma tvamāpsyasi | yattayā kathito vaṃśo mamāyaṃ gopasaṃjñitaḥ | tatra tvaṃ pāvanārthāya ciraṃ vṛddhimavāpsyasi
وہاں تم دو روپ دھار کر جنم لو گے۔ جس وَنش کا اس نے ذکر کیا ہے وہ میرا ہے، جو ‘گوپ’ کے نام سے معروف ہے؛ اور وہاں جگت کی پاکیزگی کے لیے تم دیر تک پھلو پھولو گے اور بڑھتے رہو گے۔
Narratorial voice within Tīrthamāhātmya (speaker not explicit in the excerpt)
Tirtha: Gopa-vaṃśa / Kṛṣṇa-janma-līlā sphere (implied)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Viṣṇu
Scene: Prophecy of Viṣṇu’s birth among Gopas: two forms hinted—Vāsudeva-Kṛṣṇa and another manifestation (e.g., expansion/paired form); pastoral Braj landscape with cows, kadamba trees, Yamunā-like riverbank; aura of purification spreading outward.
FAQs
Divine manifestation occurs in specific lineages and roles to purify beings and sustain dharma over time.
The verse references “there” within the chapter’s sacred-geography frame, but does not name the tīrtha in this excerpt.
None explicitly; the verse is genealogical and theological, describing purpose (pāvana) rather than a rite.