Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 17
भानुमत्युवाच । तिष्ठ तिष्ठ महासत्त्व शृणुष्व वचनं मम । किमर्थं त्यजसि प्राणानद्यापि च युवा भवान्
bhānumatyuvāca | tiṣṭha tiṣṭha mahāsattva śṛṇuṣva vacanaṃ mama | kimarthaṃ tyajasi prāṇānadyāpi ca yuvā bhavān
ഭാനുമതി പറഞ്ഞു—നിർത്തൂ, നിർത്തൂ, ഹേ മഹാസത്ത്വമേ! എന്റെ വാക്ക് കേൾക്കൂ. നീ ഇനിയും യുവാവാണ്; എങ്കിൽ എന്തിന് പ്രാണത്യാഗം ചെയ്യുന്നു?
Bhānumatī
Tirtha: Bhṛgumūrdhan (contextual)
Type: peak
Scene: Bhānumatī, poised and commanding, raises her hand in a stopping gesture; the śabara at the cliff edge turns, startled; his wife clings close. The background shows the sacred landscape, emphasizing the moral turning point.
FAQs
Compassionate intervention and dharmic counsel are presented as superior to despair and self-harm.
The exchange occurs in the Śūlabheda tīrtha setting, where moral turning-points unfold.
No ritual is prescribed here; the verse is a direct moral appeal to refrain from abandoning life.