Shloka 46 - Adhyaya 32 - Dvaraka Mahatmya - Prabhasa Khanda | Chinese | Vedapath

Vyasa

Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 46

Devanagari script

कृष्णकृष्णेति कृष्णेति जय कृष्णेति वादिनः । स्नात्वा तु गोमतीनीरे तीरे चैव महोदधेः । कमलासनः संहृष्टः श्रीमत्कृष्णमपूजयत्

Transliteration

kṛṣṇakṛṣṇeti kṛṣṇeti jaya kṛṣṇeti vādinaḥ | snātvā tu gomatīnīre tīre caiva mahodadheḥ | kamalāsanaḥ saṃhṛṣṭaḥ śrīmatkṛṣṇamapūjayat

Translation

众人呼喊“克里希纳！克里希纳！”又呼“克里希纳得胜！”而前行；莲座梵天在戈摩提河岸与大海之滨沐浴之后，欢喜礼拜供奉光辉的圣克里希纳。

Word by Word

कृष्ण‘Kṛṣṇa!’

इतिthus

कृष्ण‘Kṛṣṇa!’

इतिthus

जयvictory!

कृष्ण‘Kṛṣṇa!’

इतिthus

वादिनःthose who were saying

स्नात्वाhaving bathed

तुthen/indeed

गोमतीनीरेon the bank of the Gomati

तीरेon the shore

चand

एवindeed/just

महोदधेःof the great ocean

कमलासनःthe lotus-seated one (Brahmā)

संहृष्टःdelighted

श्रीमत्कृष्णम्glorious Kṛṣṇa

अपূजयत्worshipped

Speaker

Prahlāda (narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gomati-tīrtha and Samudra-tīrtha at Dvārakā

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Procession of devotees chanting ‘Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa’ and ‘Jaya Kṛṣṇa’; Brahmā, lotus-seated, performs snāna at Gomati’s bank and then at the ocean shore, then offers worship to Śrī Kṛṣṇa in Dvārakā.

Characters & Entities

Kṛṣṇa

Brahmā (Kamalāsana)

Gomatī River

Mahodadhi (ocean)

Dvārakā (context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage devotion unites nāma-kīrtana, purifying bath, and pūjā—culminating in joyful worship of Kṛṣṇa.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā’s sacred landscape—especially the Gomati riverbank and the shore of the great ocean—presented as sanctifying settings for worship.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna at Gomati and at the ocean shore, followed by pūjā of Śrī Kṛṣṇa, with Hari-nāma proclamation as devotional accompaniment.