Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 96
मृतं वा यदि वा नष्टं योतीतमनुशोचति । स दुःखेन लभेद्दुःखं द्वावनर्थो प्रपद्यते
mṛtaṃ vā yadi vā naṣṭaṃ yotītamanuśocati | sa duḥkhena labhedduḥkhaṃ dvāvanartho prapadyate
മരിച്ചതിനെയോ, നഷ്ടപ്പെട്ടതിനെയോ, കഴിഞ്ഞുപോയതിനെയോ കുറിച്ച് തുടർച്ചയായി ശോകിക്കുന്നവൻ ദുഃഖത്താൽ ദുഃഖം തന്നെ നേടുന്നു; ഇരട്ട അനർത്ഥത്തിൽ പതിക്കുന്നു.
Unspecified narrator/character within the Tīrthamāhātmya storyline (context not provided in snippet)
Scene: A grieving figure sits with head bowed; beside him a counselor indicates two burdens—one stone labeled ‘loss’ and another ‘grief’—to show ‘double misfortune’; background subdued.
FAQs
It discourages fixation on irreversible loss; dharma emphasizes steadiness of mind and constructive action rather than repeated lamentation.
No particular tīrtha is named in this verse; it functions as moral instruction within a larger tīrthamāhātmya context.
None is stated here.