Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 21
यावद्रोदिति सा माता तस्याधस्ताद्वनस्पतेः । तावदाकाशजा वाणी संजाता मेघनिःस्वना
yāvadroditi sā mātā tasyādhastādvanaspateḥ | tāvadākāśajā vāṇī saṃjātā meghaniḥsvanā
যখন সেই মাতা মহাবৃক্ষের তলে ক্রন্দন করছিলেন, তখন আকাশ থেকে মেঘগর্জনের ন্যায় গম্ভীর এক বাণী উদিত হল।
Narrator (Purāṇic voice)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A grieving mother sits beneath a vast pippala tree; her tears fall on the earth as dark clouds gather above. From the sky, an unseen voice reverberates like thunder, bending leaves and stirring dust in a sacred grove.
FAQs
In tīrtha narratives, sincere lament and devotion invite divine reassurance—dharma is upheld through unseen guardianship.
The sacred space beneath the Aśvattha/vanaspati is presented as a place where divine communication manifests.
None explicitly; the verse introduces an ākāśavāṇī (celestial proclamation).
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