Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 52
पुलस्त्य उवाच । साऽनुज्ञाता मृगेन्द्रेण कपिला पुत्रवत्सला । अश्रुपूर्णमुखी दीना प्रस्थिता गोकुलं प्रति
pulastya uvāca | sā'nujñātā mṛgendreṇa kapilā putravatsalā | aśrupūrṇamukhī dīnā prasthitā gokulaṃ prati
পুলস্ত্য ক’লে: মৃগেন্দ্ৰ—পশুৰ অধিপতি—ৰ অনুমতি পাই, পুত্ৰস্নেহে নিবিষ্টা কপিলা অশ্ৰুপূৰ্ণ মুখে, দীন-ব্যাকুল হৈ গোকুলৰ দিশে যাত্ৰা কৰিলে।
Pulastya
Tirtha: Gokula (invoked)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Kapilā, permitted to leave by the ‘lord of beasts’, departs toward Gokula with tear-filled face, head lowered, body tense, conveying maternal urgency.
FAQs
Dharma is tested in sorrow; steadfastness continues even when the heart is overwhelmed.
Arbuda’s sacred narrative environment frames the moral trial, contributing to the region’s māhātmya through lived dharma.
None; the verse emphasizes inner discipline—truthfulness and duty amid grief.