Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5
आभ्यां तु जातमात्राभ्यां मित्रः पञ्चत्वमेयिवान् । अथ तस्य वरा भार्या सह तेनाग्निमाविशत्
ābhyāṃ tu jātamātrābhyāṃ mitraḥ pañcatvameyivān | atha tasya varā bhāryā saha tenāgnimāviśat
Mais lorsque les deux enfants venaient à peine de naître, Mitra entra dans l’état des cinq éléments (c’est-à-dire qu’il mourut). Alors son épouse noble entra dans le feu avec lui.
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A funeral scene: Mitra’s body prepared for cremation; the wife resolute, stepping toward the pyre; sages and onlookers in solemn silence; smoke rising into a twilight sky, symbolizing pañcabhūta return.
FAQs
Human life is impermanent; Purāṇic narratives often pivot from loss toward tapas and refuge in sacred places.
The story belongs to the Prabhāsa-kṣetra cycle; the immediate tīrtha context is established earlier in the chapter (Citrāditya/Brahma-kuṇḍa).
No prescribed rite for the reader; the verse narrates the wife entering fire (a story element), not an instruction.