Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 5
मन्त्रिभिः सहितस्तस्मिंस्तडागे जलसन्निधौ । न चिह्नं न च पन्थानं दृष्ट्वा दुःखान्मुमोह च
mantribhiḥ sahitastasmiṃstaḍāge jalasannidhau | na cihnaṃ na ca panthānaṃ dṛṣṭvā duḥkhānmumoha ca
मंत्र्यांसह राजा त्या जलसन्निध तळ्याकाठी आला। तेथे ना चिन्ह दिसले ना वाट; हे पाहून तो शोकाने मूर्च्छित झाला।
Narrator (within Revā Khaṇḍa context; exact speaker not explicit in snippet)
Type: kund
Scene: A king with ministers stands at the edge of a still pond; no road or sign is visible; the king collapses in grief while attendants reach out.
FAQs
When evidence fails, grief can overwhelm; dharma still calls for steadiness and continued effort despite uncertainty.
A pond (taḍāga) by the waters within the Revā region is referenced; no named tīrtha appears in this verse.
None; the focus is on the search and the absence of clues.