Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 25
ललितोवाच । असत्यो भिन्नमर्य्यादः क्रूरः क्रूरजनप्रियः । त्वं मा कृथा नः पुरतः कथां तस्याऽकृतात्मनः
lalitovāca | asatyo bhinnamaryyādaḥ krūraḥ krūrajanapriyaḥ | tvaṃ mā kṛthā naḥ purataḥ kathāṃ tasyā'kṛtātmanaḥ
Sinabi ni Lalitā: Siya’y sinungaling, lumabag sa lahat ng dangal at kaayusan—malupit at kinagigiliwan ang malulupit. Huwag mong isalaysay sa harap namin ang kuwento ng taong walang pagpipigil na iyon.
Lalitā
Tirtha: Dvārakā/Dvāravatī
Type: kshetra
Scene: Lalitā, face flushed, points or gestures sharply while addressing Uddhava, forbidding mention of the ‘akṛtātmā’; surrounding women show mixed fear and solidarity.
FAQs
In intimate devotion, even reproach can arise from love; the Purāṇic tradition recognizes complex devotional moods.
Dvārakā, as the māhātmya context anchoring the episode within sacred geography.
None; it is a dialogue expressing emotional theology rather than ritual law.