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
Các gopī tôn kính nói: “Vì sao ngươi đến đây? Hôm nay ngươi có việc gì tại chốn này? Khoác hình dạng kẻ cướp để che giấu, ngươi định đến tiêu diệt chúng ta sao?”
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.