Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 96
अथ तां तादृशीं दृष्ट्वा सेवकैः सकलैर्वृतः । हाहेति स मुहुः प्रोच्य मूर्च्छितः प्रापतत्क्षितौ
atha tāṃ tādṛśīṃ dṛṣṭvā sevakaiḥ sakalairvṛtaḥ | hāheti sa muhuḥ procya mūrcchitaḥ prāpatatkṣitau
ثم لما رآها على تلك الحال، وقد أحاط به جميع خدمه، أخذ يردد مرارًا: «وا أسفاه!»، ثم أغمي عليه فسقط على الأرض.
Sūta (narrator)
Tirtha: Śrīhāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (narrative frame)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Audience of the māhātmya
Scene: The king, surrounded by attendants, sees Damayantī in a dreadful condition; he cries ‘hā hā’ repeatedly and collapses unconscious to the ground as the retinue recoils in alarm.
FAQs
The verse dramatizes the crushing force of grief, preparing the listener for the Purāṇic teaching on karma, curse, and eventual restoration through dharma.
The episode is framed within the Śrīhāṭakeśvara-kṣetra māhātmya, though this verse is primarily narrative.
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