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
«Weh mir! Ich bin wie erschlagen, ich bin zugrunde gerichtet — unglücklich, wahrlich ohne gutes Geschick! Ich, die nur einen einzigen Sohn hat, auch er hat mich in diesen Zustand gebracht.»
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.