Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

गोर्वाचावाचकः शब्दो भवतीभिर्मया सह । गोप्रचारेति वै नाम्नां ख्यातिं लोके गमिष्यति

Transliteration

gorvācāvācakaḥ śabdo bhavatībhirmayā saha | gopracāreti vai nāmnāṃ khyātiṃ loke gamiṣyati

Translation

“لفظ ‘گو’ گفتار (وَانی) کا دلالت کرتا ہے؛ اور تمہاری وجہ سے—میرے ساتھ—یہ مقام دنیا میں ‘گوپراچار’ کے نام سے شہرت پائے گا۔”

Word by Word

• गोः: of a cow/of cows
• गोः: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• वाचा: by speech/word
• वाचा: Karana (Instrument/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाच् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• अवाचकः: not denoting (not signifying)
• अवाचकः: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ- (निषेध) + वाचक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• शब्दः: a word/term
• शब्दः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शब्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• भवतीभिः: with you ladies
• भवतीभिः: Saha (Association/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• मया: with me/by me
• मया: Saha (Association)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (speaker), तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• सह: together with
• सह: Saha (Association)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: सह-अव्यय (postposition meaning 'with')

• गोप्रचार: cow-pasturing/going with cows
• गोप्रचार: Samjna (Name/Appellation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रचार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी/सम्बन्ध: 'of cows' + 'movement/pasturing'); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (नामरूपेण)

• इति: thus (called)
• इति: Avyaya (Marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/समाप्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Avyaya (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• नाम्नाम्: of names
• नाम्नाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• ख्यातिम्: fame/renown
• ख्यातिम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ख्याति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• लोके: in the world
• लोके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• गमिष्यति: will go/attain
• गमिष्यति: Kriya (Action/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

Speaker

Śrī Kṛṣṇa

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gopracāra

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Kṛṣṇa explains the meaning of ‘go’ as speech and proclaims the name ‘Gopracāra’. The scene can include a symbolic motif: a flowing ribbon of script emerging from Kṛṣṇa’s mouth, merging into the lake/landscape.

Characters & Entities

• Kṛṣṇa
• Gopīs
• Gopracāra (tīrtha-name)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇas sanctify geography through meaning-filled names; remembrance of the name becomes a doorway to merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Gopracāra, a tīrtha-name associated with Kṛṣṇa and the gopīs in the Dvārakā Māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it focuses on name-glory and etymological explanation.