Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 19
श्रीगोप्य ऊचुः । कस्मात्त्वमिह संप्राप्तः किं ते कार्य्यमिहाद्य वै । दस्युरूपप्रतिच्छन्नो ह्यस्मान्संहर्तुमिच्छसि
śrīgopya ūcuḥ | kasmāttvamiha saṃprāptaḥ kiṃ te kāryyamihādya vai | dasyurūpapraticchanno hyasmānsaṃhartumicchasi
شریف گوپیوں نے کہا: تم یہاں کیوں آئے ہو؟ آج یہاں تمہارا کیا کام ہے؟ ڈاکو کی صورت میں چھپ کر، کیا تم ہمیں ہلاک کرنے کا ارادہ رکھتے ہو؟
Gopīs (women of Vraja)
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Listener: Uddhava (implied, as the addressed stranger/messenger)
Scene: A group of grief-stricken gopīs confront a stranger they take for a bandit in disguise, their eyes searching for signs of Kṛṣṇa; tension between accusation and longing.
FAQs
Deep love can speak as accusation in separation; beneath harsh words lies unwavering attachment to Kṛṣṇa.
Vraja is foregrounded as the emotional sacred landscape of Kṛṣṇa-bhakti, within the Dvārakā-māhātmya framework.
None; the verse conveys devotional psychology rather than a formal rite.