Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 108
आबद्धानि स्नेहपाशैर्मृत्युः सर्वाणि कृंतति । किं न पश्यसि मातस्त्वं सहस्रस्यापि मध्यतः
ābaddhāni snehapāśairmṛtyuḥ sarvāṇi kṛṃtati | kiṃ na paśyasi mātastvaṃ sahasrasyāpi madhyataḥ
Death cuts down all who are bound by the nooses of affection. Mother—why do you not see it, even while living in the midst of thousands?
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages
Listener: Mother (addressed as ‘mātā’)
Scene: Death personified as a sharp blade cutting multiple ropes tied to people’s hearts; a mother figure stands amid a bustling crowd, urged to ‘see’.
FAQs
Attachment binds the mind, but death severs all bonds; therefore one should awaken to impermanence and seek enduring spiritual refuge.
No particular Tīrtha is referenced in this verse.
None; the verse is an admonition to perceive reality and loosen attachment.