Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 52
तावत्पुत्रोद्भवं दुःखं तथा प्रियसमु द्भवम् । यावत्त्वं देव नायासि सन्तोषं देहिनामिह
tāvatputrodbhavaṃ duḥkhaṃ tathā priyasamu dbhavam | yāvattvaṃ deva nāyāsi santoṣaṃ dehināmiha
Das Leid, das aus den Kindern entsteht, und ebenso das Leid aus dem Geliebten, währt, bis Du, o Gott, hier den Verkörperten Zufriedenheit bringst.
A devotee (tīrtha-related narrator context; speaker not explicit in the snippet)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A householder devotee with family behind him—child and beloved—faces a liṅga; sorrowful expressions soften as a calm light of contentment spreads, symbolizing transformed attachment.
FAQs
Attachment generates grief; divine grace grants contentment that transforms worldly relationships into peace rather than suffering.
The verse serves the chapter’s general tīrtha teaching on devotion and inner transformation; it does not specify a named tīrtha here.
No explicit ritual is mentioned; it points to the devotional cause of santoṣa.
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