Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 85
एवं सा जननी तेन यदा पृष्टा तपस्विनी । तदा रोदितुमारब्धा नोत्तरं किञ्चिदब्रवीत्
evaṃ sā jananī tena yadā pṛṣṭā tapasvinī | tadā roditumārabdhā nottaraṃ kiñcidabravīt
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Narrator (Purāṇic narration within Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: Subhadrā, an ascetic woman, is questioned; her composure breaks—tears begin, and she cannot answer. The child stands before her, the air heavy with unspoken truth.
FAQs
Grief can render one speechless; the Purāṇas depict human emotion to underscore the gravity of dharmic events.
Prabhāsakṣetra remains the sanctified narrative frame, though this verse focuses on the household scene.
None in this verse.