Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 37
जननी मे पिता वृद्धो भ्रातरश्च तपस्विनः । भ्रातृजाया मरिष्यन्ति मयि पञ्चत्वमागते
jananī me pitā vṛddho bhrātaraśca tapasvinaḥ | bhrātṛjāyā mariṣyanti mayi pañcatvamāgate
«ម្តាយរបស់ខ្ញុំ ឪពុកដ៏ចាស់ជរារបស់ខ្ញុំ បងប្អូនអ្នកបួសរបស់ខ្ញុំ និងប្រពន្ធរបស់បងប្អូនខ្ញុំ នឹងត្រូវស្លាប់ ប្រសិនបើខ្ញុំស្លាប់ទៅ»។
Ṛkṣaśṛṅga
Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) context
Type: river
Listener: Citrasena
Scene: Ṛkṣaśṛṅga enumerates those who would perish—mother, aged father, ascetic brothers, and sisters-in-law—his face composed yet sorrowful; Citrasena listens, shaken, in a riverside āśrama setting.
FAQs
Dharma considers interconnected duties: one person’s death can trigger wider suffering, so expiation must protect dependents and society.
Not specified in this verse; it continues the Revā Khaṇḍa moral dialogue.
None; it supports the argument against self-destruction as expiation.