Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 136
माता मे सह तेनैव प्रविष्टा हव्यवाहनम् । ततो वैराग्यमापन्नो निष्क्रांतोऽहं निजालयात्
mātā me saha tenaiva praviṣṭā havyavāhanam | tato vairāgyamāpanno niṣkrāṃto'haṃ nijālayāt
എന്റെ മാതാവും അദ്ദേഹത്തോടൊപ്പം ഹവ്യവാഹനമായ അഗ്നിയിൽ പ്രവേശിച്ചു; തുടർന്ന് വൈരാഗ്യം പ്രാപിച്ച് ഞാൻ എന്റെ വീട്ടിൽ നിന്ന് പുറപ്പെട്ടു।
Unspecified pilgrim/ascetic (narrating his life to a king)
Scene: A funeral pyre with controlled flames; the mother steps into the fire beside the deceased, while the young boy stands at a distance, eyes lowered, clutching a staff or water-pot—his face turning from grief to resolve as he walks away from the house.
FAQs
Worldly loss can awaken vairāgya (dispassion), turning one toward a dharmic life of pilgrimage and spiritual seeking.
This verse sets the renunciant’s backstory; the explicit tīrtha focus emerges immediately after, culminating in Prabhāsa-kṣetra.
None directly; it describes a life-transition into renunciation that frames later tīrtha-oriented practice.