Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 47
श्रीप्रह्लाद उवाच । कृष्णाय रुक्मिणीं दातुं यदा भीष्मक उद्यतः । तद्द्वेषात्क्रोधसंयुक्तो रुक्मी चैद्यममन्यत
śrīprahlāda uvāca | kṛṣṇāya rukmiṇīṃ dātuṃ yadā bhīṣmaka udyataḥ | taddveṣātkrodhasaṃyukto rukmī caidyamamanyata
ព្រះប្រាហ្លាទបានមានព្រះវាចាថា៖ នៅពេលដែល ភីෂ្មក បានត្រៀមចិត្តផ្តល់ រុក្មិណី ដល់ ព្រះក្រឹષ્ણា នោះ រុក្មី ដោយសារកំហឹងកើតពីការស្អប់ បានចាត់ទុក (ព្រះក្រឹષ્ણា) ជាសត្រូវ។
Śrīprahlāda
Tirtha: Dvārakā (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Brāhmaṇas (dvijāḥ)
Scene: Courtly tension in Vidarbha: Bhīṣmaka’s resolve to give Rukmiṇī to Kṛṣṇa; Rukmī’s face dark with anger, nobles watching, omens of conflict.
FAQs
Attachment and jealousy can turn sacred family events into conflict; Purāṇas trace how such passions are later resolved under divine order.
Dvārakā, as the narrative background for Kṛṣṇa’s presence and the later gate-worship tradition.
No direct ritual is prescribed here; it provides the narrative cause leading to the established worship practice.