Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 31
शैब्योवाच । सत्यं ब्रूहि महाभाग किं करोति यदूत्तमः । संगतो नागरस्त्रीभिरस्माकं किं कथां स्मरेत्
śaibyovāca | satyaṃ brūhi mahābhāga kiṃ karoti yadūttamaḥ | saṃgato nāgarastrībhirasmākaṃ kiṃ kathāṃ smaret
شَیبیہ نے کہا: اے بزرگ نصیب والے، سچ بتاؤ—یَدُوؤں میں سب سے افضل وہ کیا کر رہا ہے؟ شہر کی عورتوں میں گھرا ہوا، وہ ہماری کسی بات کو کیوں یاد کرے گا؟
Śaibyā
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Listener: Uddhava
Scene: Śaibyā, distressed, questions Uddhava with pleading eyes; behind them, palace balconies and city-women’s distant laughter heighten her fear of being forgotten.
FAQs
Viraha-bhakti intensifies remembrance; the devotee’s pain becomes a form of unwavering contemplation.
Dvārakā is implied by the mention of city-women and Kṛṣṇa’s urban life, but the verse is primarily emotional dialogue, not tīrtha-stuti.
None; it is a question expressing doubt and longing.