Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 57
विदर्भराजपुत्रस्तु तत्पितुः समरे मृतिम् । तन्मातुर्नक्रहरणं साकल्येन न्यवेदयत्
vidarbharājaputrastu tatpituḥ samare mṛtim | tanmāturnakraharaṇaṃ sākalyena nyavedayat
He related in full that the boy was the son of the king of Vidarbha—how his father met death in battle, and how his mother was carried away by a crocodile.
Narrator (reporting Śāṇḍilya’s account)
Scene: Two-part dramatic tableau: (1) a king in battle falling amid chariots and banners; (2) a queen at a riverbank seized by a crocodile, attendants in panic; the sage narrates these events to the listener.
FAQs
Worldly power is fragile; even royal life is subject to sudden reversals shaped by karma and time.
None; the verse provides regional and narrative background (Vidarbha), not a tīrtha praise.
None.