Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 35
तासां तद्रुदितं श्रुत्वा भक्तिस्नेहसमन्वितः । विस्मयं परमं गत्वा साधुसाध्विति चाब्रवीत्
tāsāṃ tadruditaṃ śrutvā bhaktisnehasamanvitaḥ | vismayaṃ paramaṃ gatvā sādhusādhviti cābravīt
ਉਹਨਾਂ ਦਾ ਰੋਣਾ ਸੁਣ ਕੇ, ਭਕਤੀ ਅਤੇ ਸਨੇਹ ਨਾਲ ਭਰਿਆ ਹੋਇਆ ਉਹ ਮਹਾਨ ਵਿਸਮਯ ਵਿੱਚ ਡੁੱਬ ਗਿਆ ਅਤੇ ਬੋਲਿਆ, “ਸਾਧੁ! ਸਾਧੁ!”
Narrator (contextually following Prahlāda’s narration; the exclaimer is Uddhava)
Tirtha: Vraja (as exemplary bhakti-field)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A listener (Uddhava implied by context) hears the gopīs’ weeping and is struck with wonder; hands raised in reverent acclaim, uttering ‘sādhu sādhu’.
FAQs
The highest devotion may appear as sorrow; saints recognize its purity and praise it.
No direct tīrtha praise; the verse highlights the ‘māhātmya’ of Vraja-bhakti within the Dvārakā-māhātmya narrative.
None; it is an affirmation of devotional excellence.