Skandapurana 2.6.2

The seers said:

"When Śāṇḍilya had instructed the two of them and returned to his hermitage,

what did those two kings do, and how? Tell that, O Sūta." // 1

Śrī Sūta said:

"Then, by Viṣṇurāta, thousands of heads of guilds

were brought from Indraprastha and settled in the area of Mathurā. // 2

Having recognized that the local brahmins of Mathurā and the ancient monkeys there

were worthy of honor, the sovereign king established respect toward them. // 3

And Vajra, with his assistance and by the grace of Śāṇḍilya,

gradually identified the places of pastime of Govinda, the cowherds, and the gopīs; // 4

designating them by name, he settled many villages.

Through charitable works such as ponds and wells, by consecrating Śiva and other [deities], // 5

and by installing images of Govinda, Harideva, and others,

he spread single-minded devotion to Kṛṣṇa in his kingdom and rejoiced. // 6

His subjects were delighted, dedicated to chanting the praises of Kṛṣṇa,

and endowed with supreme bliss, they praised his very rule. // 7

Once, Kṛṣṇa's wives, afflicted with the pain of separation from Śrī Kṛṣṇa,

seeing Kālindī joyful, freed from jealousy, asked her: // 8

The wives of Śrī Kṛṣṇa said:

"Just as we are Kṛṣṇa's wives, so are you also, O fair one;

we are afflicted by the sorrow of separation, but you are not, O Kālindī; explain that!" // 9

Hearing that, smiling, Kālindī spoke these words;

seeing that they were co-wives, her mind was filled with the utmost compassion. // 10

Śrī Kālindī said:

"Of Kṛṣṇa, who delights in the self, Rādhikā is surely the self;

through the power of servitude to her, separation cannot touch us. // 11

All the heroines of Śrī Kṛṣṇa are expansions of portions of her alone;

there is eternal enjoyment indeed through being turned toward her. // 12

He is she, and she is he; the flute is the embodiment of their love;

from contact with the array of moons of Śrī Kṛṣṇa's nails, Candrāvalī is remembered. // 13

Assuming another form out of intense longing for the service of the two,

the absorption of Rukmiṇī and others has been seen right here by me. // 14

For you as well, there is never any separation from Kṛṣṇa at all.

“However, you do not know this; therefore you have fallen into distress. // 15

In this very way, in the past, at the time of Akrūra, for the milkmaids here,

the mere semblance of separation was resolved by Uddhava. // 16

If your meeting should take place right here through him,

then you will obtain eternal pastimes with your beloved.” // 17

Śrī Sūta said:

Addressed thus, those wives, longing to meet their beloved through the sight of Uddhava,

spoke again to the delighted [Kālindī]: // 18

The wives of Śrī Kṛṣṇa said:

“You are fortunate, O friend, who have no separation from your beloved!

Since your own purpose has been accomplished, we have become your servants. // 19

However, by attaining Uddhava, the accomplishment of all our goals would come about.

Therefore tell us, Kālindī, how finding him may also happen.” // 2.6.2.20

Śrī Sūta said:

Addressed thus, Kālindī, embodying the sixteen digits,

remembering moon-like Kṛṣṇa, then replied to them in that way: // 21

“The realm of practice, Badarī, was designated to his counselor by Kṛṣṇa as he was departing.

There he dwells in visible form, imparting that knowledge to the people. // 22

The land of Vraja, the realm of the fruit [of practice], was given to him beforehand along with its secret.

The fruit having become concealed here, that Uddhava is now invisible in this place. // 23

Desiring the dust of that place, near Mount Govardhana in Sakhīsthala,

that Uddhava truly remains in the form of sprouts and creepers growing there. // 24

The nature of his own festival was surely conferred on him by Hari.

Therefore, staying there on the bank of the Kusumasaras lake with Vajra, // 25

a festival must be commenced with lutes, flutes, and mṛdaṅga drums,

with delightful music, songs of praise, poems, and the like, having gathered the people devoted to Hari. // 26

There, when the great festival is spread out, the sight of Uddhava will surely take place;

he alone, the producer of ceremonies, will bring about the fulfillment of your desires.” // 27

Śrī Sūta said:

Having heard this, pleased, they bowed to Kālindī

and, returning, related that to Vajra and Parīkṣit. // 28

Hearing that, Viṣṇurāta, pleased, together with them then

went right there and quickly had all of it done. // 29

Not far from Govardhana, in the Vṛnda forest at Sakhīsthala,

at Kusumasaras, the festival of the chanting of Kṛṣṇa’s names commenced. // 2.6.2.30

As the pastimes of the beloved of Vṛṣabhānu's daughter were, as it were, visibly manifested

through the splendor of the kīrtana, everyone looked at nothing else. // 31

Then, while all were watching, out of the thicket of grass, shrubs, and creepers

came Uddhava, wearing a garland, dark-complexioned, clad in yellow garments, // 32

bearing a necklace of guñjā beads, singing repeatedly of the lover of the cowherd maidens.

By his arrival, the festival of kīrtana shone brilliantly, // 33

just as the gem in an upper turret of crystal [shines] with the arrival of moonlight.

Then, submerged in an ocean of joy, everyone forgot everything. // 34

Regaining their senses after a moment, having seen him who bore the form of Śrī Kṛṣṇa,

they worshipped Uddhava, their desires attained. // 35

Thus ends the second chapter, titled “The Description of the Vision of Uddhava by Parīkṣit and Others near Mount Govardhana,” in the Śrīmadbhāgavatamāhātmya in the second Vaiṣṇava section of the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses. // 2