Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 18
परस्परं समागम्य सर्वास्ता व्रजयोषितः । विविक्ते कृष्णदूतं तं पप्रच्छुः शोककर्षिताः
parasparaṃ samāgamya sarvāstā vrajayoṣitaḥ | vivikte kṛṣṇadūtaṃ taṃ papracchuḥ śokakarṣitāḥ
ਫਿਰ ਵ੍ਰਜ ਦੀਆਂ ਸਭ ਇਸਤ੍ਰੀਆਂ ਆਪਸ ਵਿੱਚ ਇਕੱਠੀਆਂ ਹੋਈਆਂ। ਦੁੱਖ ਨਾਲ ਵਿਹਲ ਹੋ ਕੇ ਉਹ ਇਕਾਂਤ ਵਿੱਚ ਕ੍ਰਿਸ਼ਨ ਦੇ ਦੂਤ ਨੂੰ ਪੁੱਛਣ ਲੱਗੀਆਂ।
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Dvārakā-māhātmya)
Tirtha: Vraja (rahasya-sthāna of gopī-saṅgama)
Type: kshetra
Scene: All the Vraja women gather, faces worn by grief; they draw the messenger aside to a secluded spot—under a tree or in an inner courtyard—and question him intensely about Kṛṣṇa.
FAQs
In separation, devotees seek truth directly—sincere inquiry becomes a form of devotion and emotional purification.
Vraja is presented as a sacred community of devotion, while the Dvārakā-māhātmya frame ties it to Dvārakā’s sanctity.
None; the verse emphasizes private, heartfelt dialogue and inquiry regarding the Lord.