Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 37
न माता न पिता बन्धुः कस्यचिन्न सुहृत्क्वचित् । कस्य न ज्ञायते रूपं वायुभूतस्य देहिनः
na mātā na pitā bandhuḥ kasyacinna suhṛtkvacit | kasya na jñāyate rūpaṃ vāyubhūtasya dehinaḥ
لِبعضِ الكائنِ المتجسِّد، ذي الطبيعة الشبيهة بالريح، لا أمَّ ولا أبَ ولا قريبَ، ولا في موضعٍ صديقٌ صادق؛ وصورته لا يعرفها أحد.
Mārkaṇḍeya
Tirtha: Revā-khaṇḍa (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira
Scene: An allegory: a translucent, wind-formed traveler (jīva) moving through a landscape while figures labeled mother/father/kin fade like mirages; the traveler’s ‘form’ is indistinct, emphasizing unknowability.
FAQs
Without dharmic order, identity and relationships collapse, leaving life unrooted and unrecognizable.
No tīrtha is mentioned; the verse is ethical-philosophical groundwork within the Revā Khaṇḍa discourse.
None in this verse.