Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 24
शूलस्थं त्वां समालक्ष्य ह्यागताः सर्व एव हि । जीवन्तं त्वां प्रपश्याम त्वन्तरन्नवतारयन् । रुजासंतापजं दुःखं सोढ्वापि त्वमवेदनः
śūlasthaṃ tvāṃ samālakṣya hyāgatāḥ sarva eva hi | jīvantaṃ tvāṃ prapaśyāma tvantarannavatārayan | rujāsaṃtāpajaṃ duḥkhaṃ soḍhvāpi tvamavedanaḥ
तुला शूलावर असलेला पाहून आम्ही सर्वजण येथे आलो आहोत. शूल आरपार गेला असूनही आम्ही तुला जिवंत पाहत आहोत. वेदना आणि संतापजन्य दुःख सहन करूनही तू व्यथारहित दिसत आहेस.
Ṛṣis (Sages)
Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Māṇḍavya
Scene: Close view: the stake passes through the ascetic; sages gather, some with hands raised in alarm, others in añjali; the ascetic’s face is tranquil, eyes half-closed in meditation.
FAQs
The verse praises ascetic endurance—kṣānti and tapas—where inner steadiness remains even amid extreme bodily pain.
No tīrtha is singled out in this verse; it serves the narrative teaching within the Revā Khaṇḍa milieu.
None; the focus is on tapas (austerity) and the wonder of pain-bearing equanimity.