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
पुलस्त्य म्हणाले—मृगेंद्राची आज्ञा मिळाल्यावर पुत्रवत्सला कपिला, अश्रूंनी भरलेला मुख घेऊन दीन व व्याकुळ होऊन गोकुळाकडे निघाली।
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.