Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 19
तस्मादहं गमिष्यामि त्वं च तिष्ठात्र गोकुले । आत्मप्राणैस्तव प्राणान्रक्षयिष्याम्यसंशयम्
tasmādahaṃ gamiṣyāmi tvaṃ ca tiṣṭhātra gokule | ātmaprāṇaistava prāṇānrakṣayiṣyāmyasaṃśayam
「ゆえに私は行く。お前はここゴークラに留まれ。我が命の息をもって、お前の命を必ず守ろう。」
Vatsa
Tirtha: Gokula (narrative locus)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A son speaks firmly to his mother in a cowherd hamlet; cows and huts in background; he gestures outward as if departing on a perilous task; mother watches with concern.
FAQs
True dharma expresses itself as self-sacrificing protection of one’s mother, valuing her life above one’s own.
The verse mentions Gokula as a setting, but does not explicitly glorify a named tīrtha in this line.
None; it is a vow-like ethical resolve (saṅkalpa) to protect.
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