Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 16
न पुत्रमरणे दुःखं नापमानं न मारकाः । न दारिद्र्यं च ते सर्वे प्राप्नुवन्ति कदाचन
na putramaraṇe duḥkhaṃ nāpamānaṃ na mārakāḥ | na dāridryaṃ ca te sarve prāpnuvanti kadācana
তেওঁলোকে কেতিয়াও পুত্ৰ-মৃত্যুৰ দুখ নাপালে, নিন্দা-অপমানো নহ’ল, ন প্ৰাণঘাতী ভয়; আৰু তেওঁলোকৰ কোনোজন কেতিয়াও দাৰিদ্ৰ্যত নপৰিল।
Lomaśa (narration continues)
Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedāranātha)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Viprāḥ / Brahmins (addressed)
Scene: A serene, protected kingdom/household under Śiva’s unseen guardianship—families unharmed, honor intact, granaries full—suggesting the invisible shield of devotion.
FAQs
Dharma supported by devotion is depicted as creating a protective social order, reducing suffering and insecurity.
Not specified in this verse; it continues the Kedāra-khaṇḍa praise of a Śiva-devotee king’s reign.
None explicitly.
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