Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 37
हन्यमानोऽपि यो विद्वान्वसेच्छस्त्रशतैरपि । स याति परमं स्थानं यत्र गत्वा न शोचति
hanyamāno'pi yo vidvānvasecchastraśatairapi | sa yāti paramaṃ sthānaṃ yatra gatvā na śocati
ولو ضُرِبَ الرجلُ العالِمُ بمئاتِ الأسلحة، فإن أقامَ هنا بلغَ المقامَ الأعلى؛ فإذا بلغه لا يعودُ يحزنُ ولا يأسى.
Varāha (deduced; Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: Ayodhyā-kṣetra (implied)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Implied dvijottama/interlocutor
Scene: A learned pilgrim in Ayodhyā under attack, yet serene; weapons rain but do not disturb his inner focus; above, a radiant path opens to the supreme abode where sorrow cannot enter.
FAQs
Residence in the sanctified sphere is portrayed as spiritually decisive, overriding even fearsome worldly suffering.
Ayodhyā’s holy domain (implicitly connected with Svargadvāra in this chapter).
Dwelling/residing in the sacred place (vāsa) is the implied observance.