Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 12
ततः स चिन्तयामास दुःखेन महता वृतः । किं करोमि क्व गच्छामि कथं शांतिर्भविष्यति
tataḥ sa cintayāmāsa duḥkhena mahatā vṛtaḥ | kiṃ karomi kva gacchāmi kathaṃ śāṃtirbhaviṣyati
তারপর অত্যন্ত দুঃখে আচ্ছন্ন হয়ে তিনি চিন্তা করতে লাগলেন: "আমি কি করব? কোথায় যাব? কি করে আমার শান্তি লাভ হবে?"
Narrator (contextual; Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narration)
Type: kshetra
Scene: The man sits or stands alone at the edge of a road, head bowed, hands to forehead, eyes anxious; the world around feels indifferent, with distant figures and lingering dogs.
FAQs
Sorrow becomes a turning-point that impels one to seek śānti through dharmic means—right counsel, repentance, and (in Māhātmya contexts) refuge in sacred places and practices.
This verse is preparatory; it signals a seeker’s crisis that typically leads into the chapter’s tīrtha-focused guidance, but no single site is named in this line itself.
None explicitly here; the verse frames the internal quest that later Māhātmya passages often resolve via snāna, dāna, japa, and tīrtha-sevā.