Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 57
आलिङ्ग्य गाढं सहसा पतिता तस्य मूर्धनि । काचिच्च बहुदुःखार्ता व्यलपत्स्त्री स्ववेश्मनि
āliṅgya gāḍhaṃ sahasā patitā tasya mūrdhani | kācicca bahuduḥkhārtā vyalapatstrī svaveśmani
L’ayant serré dans une étreinte, elle s’effondra soudain sur sa tête. Et une autre femme, accablée de grande peine, se lamenta dans sa propre demeure.
Narrator (contextual purāṇic narration within Revā Khaṇḍa; exact speaker not stated in the snippet)
Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: One woman clings to the fallen man and collapses onto his head; elsewhere, another woman cries within her house—two parallel frames of grief: public and private.
FAQs
It shows how sorrow pervades both public and private spaces, encouraging steadiness of mind and dharmic endurance.
No named tīrtha appears in this verse; it remains within the Revā Khaṇḍa narrative context.
None.