Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 67
तं दृष्ट्वा दुःखितो व्यासो निराशः पुत्रदर्शने । पुत्रशोकाभिसंतप्तो भार्यया सहितोऽभवत्
taṃ dṛṣṭvā duḥkhito vyāso nirāśaḥ putradarśane | putraśokābhisaṃtapto bhāryayā sahito'bhavat
À cette vue, Vyāsa fut saisi de tristesse, sans espoir de revoir son fils. Brûlé par le chagrin pour son enfant, il demeura avec son épouse, unis dans la même peine.
Sūta (narrator, implied by continuity)
Scene: Vyāsa and his wife sit together in shared grief—heads bowed, eyes moist—amid an austere hermitage interior; the empty doorway suggests the absent son.
FAQs
Even great sages experience human grief; purāṇic dharma acknowledges sorrow while pointing beyond it toward higher purpose.
No specific tīrtha is explicitly named in this verse.
None; it is a narrative description of Vyāsa’s grief.