Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 39
प्रह्लाद उवाच । तासां तद्भाषितं श्रुत्वा तथा विलपितं बहु । बाढमित्येव ता ऊच उद्धवः स्नेहविह्वलाः
prahlāda uvāca | tāsāṃ tadbhāṣitaṃ śrutvā tathā vilapitaṃ bahu | bāḍhamityeva tā ūca uddhavaḥ snehavihvalāḥ
Prahlāda nói: “Nghe lời họ và bao tiếng than khóc, Uddhava—bị tình thương làm rung động—chỉ đáp với họ: ‘Đúng vậy, cứ như thế.’”
Prahlāda
Tirtha: Vraja (as the theatre of viraha-bhakti)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Uddhava, emotionally moved, stands among the lamenting gopīs; he offers a simple, gentle assent—‘bāḍham’—with softened gaze and restrained gesture, acknowledging their pain.
FAQs
A true messenger of the Lord responds with empathy; devotion is met with compassionate assurance.
No explicit tīrtha; the narrative belongs to Dvārakā-māhātmya but focuses on Vraja’s devotional mood.
None; it is narrative and relational.