Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 6
धारोवाच । देवशर्माख्यविप्रस्य सुताहं नागरस्य च । बालत्वे वर्तमानाया वैधव्यं मे व्यवस्थितम्
dhārovāca | devaśarmākhyaviprasya sutāhaṃ nāgarasya ca | bālatve vartamānāyā vaidhavyaṃ me vyavasthitam
ധാര പറഞ്ഞു—“ദേവശർമ എന്ന നാഗര ബ്രാഹ്മണന്റെ പുത്രിയാണ് ഞാൻ. ബാല്യത്തിലിരിക്കെ തന്നെ എനിക്ക് വൈധവ്യം വിധിയായി വന്നു.”
Dhārā
Tirtha: Śaṅkhatīrtha (contextual)
Type: tirtha
Scene: Dhārā introduces herself with quiet dignity, revealing early widowhood; her radiant ascetic form contrasts with the sorrowful content of her words, suggesting grief sublimated into tapas.
FAQs
Suffering can be transformed into spiritual determination; personal loss becomes a catalyst for dharmic practice and devotion.
The site is not named in this verse; it prepares the account that soon connects Dhārā’s vow to Śaṅkhatīrtha.
No explicit rite is stated; the verse establishes the devotee’s background for subsequent worship and austerity.