Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 83
हा हतास्मि विनष्टास्मि मंदभाग्या ह्यभागिनी । एकोपि तनयो यस्या ममाप्येनां दशां गतः
hā hatāsmi vinaṣṭāsmi maṃdabhāgyā hyabhāginī | ekopi tanayo yasyā mamāpyenāṃ daśāṃ gataḥ
হায়! আমি নিহত, আমি সর্বনাশ হলাম—আমি মন্দভাগ্যা, সত্যিই অভাগিনী। যার একমাত্র পুত্র ছিল, আমার সেই পুত্রই আমাকে এই দশায় এনে দিল।
Jāmbavatī
Type: kshetra
Scene: Close-up lament tableau: Jāmbavatī with disheveled hair ornaments, hands to chest or raised to sky, tears streaming; attendants attempt to support her; the departing son is now out of frame or a faint silhouette, intensifying isolation.
FAQs
Human attachment grieves at separation; the Purāṇa acknowledges sorrow even while guiding toward dharmic remedies.
Not named in this verse; it continues the departure scene within the Arbuda-bound tīrtha narrative.
None; it is a lamentation verse (pralāpa) expressing maternal grief.
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