Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 44
दृष्टश्चिरायुरप्येवं कृतस्तेनाब्जयोनिना । दिवारात्रमहं तात तव दुःखेन दुखितः । न निद्रामनुगच्छामि तन्मेदुःखं गतं महत्
dṛṣṭaścirāyurapyevaṃ kṛtastenābjayoninā | divārātramahaṃ tāta tava duḥkhena dukhitaḥ | na nidrāmanugacchāmi tanmeduḥkhaṃ gataṃ mahat
ഇങ്ങനെ പദ്മയോനി ബ്രഹ്മാവാൽ ദീർഘായുസ്സും ലഭിച്ചു. എങ്കിലും മകനേ, നിന്റെ ദുഃഖം കൊണ്ടു ഞാൻ പകലും രാത്രിയും വിഷണ്ണനാണ്; എനിക്ക് നിദ്ര വരുന്നില്ല—ഇത്ര വലിയ വേദന എനിക്കു സംഭവിച്ചു।
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Tirtha: Prabhāsa Kṣetra (Mārkaṇḍeyeśvara-māhātmya narrative)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A father figure confesses sleepless grief over his child’s sorrow; Brahmā’s boon of long life is referenced as a backdrop, while the emotional focus is on compassion and unrest—night turning into day without sleep.
FAQs
It highlights compassionate solidarity: true love and dharmic concern share another’s suffering rather than remaining indifferent.
Within this adhyāya’s context, the focus is the Mārkaṇḍeyeśvara sacred setting in Prabhāsa Kṣetra (Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya).
No direct ritual (dāna/snān/japa) is prescribed in this verse; it is a narrative-emotional teaching within the māhātmya.