Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 32
पद्मोवाच । कदोद्धव महाभाग नागरीजनवल्लभः । समेष्यतीह दाशार्हः पद्मपत्रायतेक्षणः
padmovāca | kadoddhava mahābhāga nāgarījanavallabhaḥ | sameṣyatīha dāśārhaḥ padmapatrāyatekṣaṇaḥ
Padmā berkata: “Wahai Uddhava yang mulia—bilakah Dāśārha, kekasih warga kota, yang bermata laksana kelopak teratai, akan datang ke sini?”
Padmā
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Listener: Uddhava
Scene: Padmā turns to Uddhava, eyes wet with hope, asking when the lotus-eyed Dāśārha will come; the sea glitters as if awaiting him too.
FAQs
Devotion expresses itself as eager yearning for darśana; longing becomes prayer.
The narrative sits within Dvārakā-māhātmya, connecting Kṛṣṇa’s presence to Dvārakā’s sacred aura, though the verse itself asks about his coming ‘here’ (Vraja).
None; it is a devotional question directed through Uddhava.