Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 30
नागराजोऽपि तं दृष्ट्वा स्वपुत्रं विनिपातितम् । जगाम सोऽपि मूर्च्छां च पुत्रशोकेन पीडितः
nāgarājo'pi taṃ dṛṣṭvā svaputraṃ vinipātitam | jagāma so'pi mūrcchāṃ ca putraśokena pīḍitaḥ
Als der König der Nāgas seinen eigenen Sohn niedergestreckt daliegen sah, sank auch er, vom Schmerz um das Kind gequält, in Ohnmacht.
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in Māhātmya style)
Scene: The Nāga-king beholds his fallen son and faints—crown slipping, attendants rushing, the grieving mother nearby; the court’s splendor contrasts with sudden fragility.
FAQs
Even the mighty are vulnerable to sorrow; Purāṇic dharma narratives prepare the listener for the turn from grief toward right action and ritual duty.
The verse sits within a Tīrthamāhātmya chapter of the Nāgarakhaṇḍa, but this single śloka does not name the tīrtha explicitly.
None in this verse; it sets the emotional and narrative ground for subsequent rites and counsel.