Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 28
धन्योवाच । केनायं हि समानीतो दूतो दुष्टजनस्य च । यातु तेन पथा पापः पुनर्नायाति येन च
dhanyovāca | kenāyaṃ hi samānīto dūto duṣṭajanasya ca | yātu tena pathā pāpaḥ punarnāyāti yena ca
ধন্যা বলল—সেই দুষ্ট লোকের এই দূতকে কে এখানে এনেছে? এই পাপী যে পথে এসেছে, সেই পথেই যাক—যেন আর কখনও ফিরে না আসে।
Dhanyā
Tirtha: Dvārakā/Dvāravatī
Type: kshetra
Scene: Dhanyā stands resolute, questioning who brought the wicked man’s messenger; she gestures toward the gate/road, ordering him to leave the way he came.
FAQs
Grief may express itself as rejection; the text depicts raw human emotion within devotion, later to be refined into steadier remembrance.
Dvārakā is the māhātmya setting; the messenger episode is embedded in the sacred narrative of Kṛṣṇa’s city.
None; it is a dramatic statement within dialogue.