Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 56
संवर्धितोऽसि यैर्बाल्ये क्रीडितो वत्सपालकैः । तेऽपि त्वया परित्यक्ताः कथं दुष्टोऽसि निर्घृणः
saṃvardhito'si yairbālye krīḍito vatsapālakaiḥ | te'pi tvayā parityaktāḥ kathaṃ duṣṭo'si nirghṛṇaḥ
ശൈശവത്തിൽ നിന്നെ വളർത്തിയവർ, കിടാക്കളെ മേയ്ക്കുന്ന ബാലകരോടൊപ്പം നീ കളിച്ചവർ— അവരെയും നീ ഉപേക്ഷിച്ചോ? നീ എങ്ങനെ ഇങ്ങനെ ദുഷ്ടനും നിർദയനും ആകുന്നു?
Vraja women (gopīs), quoted within Prahlāda’s narration
Tirtha: Vraja (Gokula/Vṛndāvana) / Dvārakā (implied)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Gopīs accuse Krishna of abandoning even those who raised him and played with him as calf-herd boys; gestures alternate between pointing outward (departure) and clutching the heart (betrayal).
FAQs
Devotion speaks candidly: the devotee’s sense of relationship (love, gratitude, loyalty) becomes the language of prayer.
Dvārakā is the storyline locus, but Vraja is the emotional sacred homeland recalled through Kṛṣṇa’s childhood.
None; it is a relational, moral appeal rather than a ritual instruction.