Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 41
गायन्त्यः प्रियगीतानि तद्बालचरितानि च । जग्मुः सहैव शनकैरुद्धवेन व्रजांगनाः
gāyantyaḥ priyagītāni tadbālacaritāni ca | jagmuḥ sahaiva śanakairuddhavena vrajāṃganāḥ
اپنے محبوب گیت گاتی ہوئی اور اس کے بچپن کے چرتر کی کہانیاں سناتی ہوئی، وِرج کی عورتیں اُدھو کے ساتھ آہستہ آہستہ اکٹھی چلتی گئیں۔
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Dvārakā-māhātmya context)
Tirtha: Dvārakā (approach as kīrtana-mārga)
Type: kshetra
Scene: The gopīs walk slowly with Uddhava, singing; some gesture as if narrating Kṛṣṇa’s childhood pranks, their faces alternating between smiles and tears.
FAQs
Devotion is sustained by nāma, gīta, and līlā-smaraṇa—loving remembrance expressed through song while moving toward the Lord’s sacred abode.
The broader passage belongs to Dvārakā-māhātmya, orienting the devotees’ movement toward Dvārakā as a sanctifying destination.
No explicit ritual is prescribed here; the implied sādhana is devotional singing and remembrance (kīrtana and smaraṇa).