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
ពុលស្ត្យៈបានមានពាក្យថា៖ ដោយបានទទួលអនុញ្ញាតពីព្រះអម្ចាស់នៃសត្វទាំងឡាយ កាពិលា ដែលស្រឡាញ់កូនដូចជាជីវិត បានចេញដំណើរទៅកាន់គោកុលៈ មុខពេញដោយទឹកភ្នែក ទុក្ខសោក និងអស់សង្ឃឹម។
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.