Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 39
प्रह्लाद उवाच । तासां तद्भाषितं श्रुत्वा तथा विलपितं बहु । बाढमित्येव ता ऊच उद्धवः स्नेहविह्वलाः
prahlāda uvāca | tāsāṃ tadbhāṣitaṃ śrutvā tathā vilapitaṃ bahu | bāḍhamityeva tā ūca uddhavaḥ snehavihvalāḥ
Prahlāda sprach: „Als er ihre Worte und ihr vielfaches Klagen vernommen hatte, sagte Uddhava—von Zuneigung überwältigt—zu ihnen nur: ‚So sei es, wahrlich.‘“
Prahlāda
Tirtha: Vraja (as the theatre of viraha-bhakti)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Uddhava, emotionally moved, stands among the lamenting gopīs; he offers a simple, gentle assent—‘bāḍham’—with softened gaze and restrained gesture, acknowledging their pain.
FAQs
A true messenger of the Lord responds with empathy; devotion is met with compassionate assurance.
No explicit tīrtha; the narrative belongs to Dvārakā-māhātmya but focuses on Vraja’s devotional mood.
None; it is narrative and relational.