Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 21
इत्येवमुक्त्वा ता गोप्यो मुमुहुः शोकविह्वलाः । ईक्षंत्यः कृष्णदासं तं निपेतुर्धरणीतले
ityevamuktvā tā gopyo mumuhuḥ śokavihvalāḥ | īkṣaṃtyaḥ kṛṣṇadāsaṃ taṃ nipeturdharaṇītale
ครั้นกล่าวดังนี้แล้ว เหล่าโคปีทั้งหลายผู้ถูกรุมเร้าด้วยความโศกก็สลบไป ยังจ้องมองผู้รับใช้ของพระกฤษณะผู้นั้น แล้วล้มลงสู่พื้นดิน
Narrator (contextual narration within the dialogue)
Tirtha: Dvārakā (kathā within)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Audience within the Purāṇic frame (implied)
Scene: After speaking, the gopīs swoon and collapse to the earth, yet their eyes remain turned toward Kṛṣṇa’s servant; Uddhava stands nearby, struck by their devotion.
FAQs
Devotion can become so absorbing that the body itself falters; the heart’s single-pointed longing is portrayed as a sacred intensity.
Dvārakā is the narrative setting; its māhātmya frames the episode as part of the sacred memory of Kṛṣṇa’s city.
None; the verse describes an emotional and devotional reaction.