Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 37
गते चादर्शनं तत्र सोऽपि बालो महाग्रहः । विचिन्तयन्वै पितरं क्रोधेन कलुषीकृतः
gate cādarśanaṃ tatra so'pi bālo mahāgrahaḥ | vicintayanvai pitaraṃ krodhena kaluṣīkṛtaḥ
Lorsqu’il fut parti et qu’on ne le vit plus en ce lieu, ce jeune et puissant Graha, lui aussi, se mit à méditer sur son père, l’esprit souillé par la colère.
Narrator (contextual)
Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: After Śani vanishes, a powerful youthful graha-child stands alone, eyes narrowed, brooding on his father; a shadowy aura gathers around his head, signaling anger-clouded mind.
FAQs
Anger (krodha) stains the mind and drives harmful resolve; purity of thought is central to dharma.
The Revā Khaṇḍa’s wider Narmadā sacred landscape frames the story, but no single tīrtha is named in this verse.
None; it describes an inner moral state—anger-induced impurity.