Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 8
ततस्तौ पितरौ द्वौ तु दृष्ट्वा क्षुत्परिपीडितौ । भार्यां च चिंतयामास दुःखेन महतान्वितः
tatastau pitarau dvau tu dṛṣṭvā kṣutparipīḍitau | bhāryāṃ ca ciṃtayāmāsa duḥkhena mahatānvitaḥ
Puis, voyant ses deux parents tourmentés par la faim, il fut accablé d’une immense peine et se mit aussi à se soucier de son épouse.
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; specific speaker not stated in the provided excerpt)
Listener: dvijottamāḥ (addressed audience)
Scene: Inside a poor hut: two aged parents weak with hunger; Lohajaṅgha stands torn between despair and duty, glancing toward the inner room where his wife sits anxious.
FAQs
Suffering tests dharma: one should respond to family hardship with righteous effort, not with adharma.
This verse functions as narrative setup within the Tīrthamāhātmya; the specific tīrtha is not named in this line.
None here; it describes the household crisis that precedes later moral and tīrtha-related developments.