Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 42
मम दुःखाभितप्तस्य शत्रुभिः कर्षितस्य च । पराभूतस्य दीनस्य क्षुधया पीडितस्य च
mama duḥkhābhitaptasya śatrubhiḥ karṣitasya ca | parābhūtasya dīnasya kṣudhayā pīḍitasya ca
और मैं—दुःख की ज्वाला से तप्त, शत्रुओं द्वारा घसीटा गया, पराजित और दीन, तथा भूख से पीड़ित—
Durvāsā (continuing prayer/complaint before Viṣṇu)
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Scene: A gaunt brāhmaṇa, clothes dusty, stomach clenched in hunger, speaks with trembling voice before Keśava’s presence; attendants and city backdrop suggest Dvārakā’s royal-temple milieu.
FAQs
Dharma allows honest confession of suffering; the afflicted should turn their pain into prayer and seek divine shelter.
Not specified in this verse; the setting remains within Dvārakā Māhātmya’s narrative frame.
None directly; it is a personal supplication describing distress.