Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 12
विदधे वज्रमयं तु किं न्विदं हृदयं मेऽतिकठोरमेव हि । शतधा न विदीर्यते यतो विरहे दुर्विषहे मधुद्विषः
vidadhe vajramayaṃ tu kiṃ nvidaṃ hṛdayaṃ me'tikaṭhorameva hi | śatadhā na vidīryate yato virahe durviṣahe madhudviṣaḥ
Apakah Sang Pencipta menjadikan hatiku sekeras vajra—teramat keras—hingga dalam perpisahan yang tak tertahankan dari Madhudviṣ (Kṛṣṇa) pun ia tak pecah menjadi seratus keping?
Rukmiṇī
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Scene: Close-up emotional portrait: tears, trembling hands on chest; behind, a faint vision of Kṛṣṇa as Madhusūdana with cakra, or his absence symbolized by an empty throne; the sea wind heightens desolation.
FAQs
Devotional separation tests endurance; the devotee’s survival itself becomes a mystery that intensifies longing and remembrance.
Dvārakā is the narrative locus in Dvārakā Māhātmya, framing Kṛṣṇa-centered devotion.
None; the verse is lyrical theology of viraha.