Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 44
तत्र पश्यसि यन्नाशं स्वकुटुम्बसमुद्भवम् । हिताय तदवस्थायास्तद्भविष्यत्यसंशयम्
tatra paśyasi yannāśaṃ svakuṭumbasamudbhavam | hitāya tadavasthāyāstadbhaviṣyatyasaṃśayam
Und die Zerstörung, die du dort siehst, aus deiner eigenen Familie hervorgegangen—wisse: sie wird ohne Zweifel zum Wohl jener Lage gereichen.
Unspecified in snippet (continuation of the same narrative voice)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pilgrim/kingly interlocutor (contextual; not explicit in verse)
Scene: A seer-like figure consoles a distressed listener, pointing beyond visible family-ruin to an unseen auspicious outcome; the background hints at a western seashore tīrtha with temple silhouettes and pilgrims.
FAQs
Events that look ruinous may still serve a dharmic good within the larger cosmic order.
Not specified in this verse; the tīrtha context lies outside the snippet.
None.