Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 9
हा हतास्मीत्युवाचेदं पपात धरणीतले । विललाप सुदुःखार्ता पुत्रशोकेन पीडिता
hā hatāsmītyuvācedaṃ papāta dharaṇītale | vilalāpa suduḥkhārtā putraśokena pīḍitā
તે ‘હાય, હું હણાઈ ગઈ!’ એમ કહી રડી પડી અને ધરતી પર ઢળી પડી. પુત્રશોકથી પીડિત, અતિ દુઃખમાં તે વિલાપ કરવા લાગી।
Narrator
Tirtha: Revā-tīra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: The mother cries ‘Hā, I am slain!’ and falls to the earth, wailing in unbearable sorrow from her son’s death.
FAQs
Dharma texts underline that wrongdoing is not abstract—its consequence is lived as profound suffering by the innocent.
No specific tīrtha is named; the broader setting remains the Revā Khaṇḍa’s sacred region.
None; the verse is a narrative portrayal of grief.
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