Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 15
परिष्वजितुमिच्छामि त्वामहं पुत्र सुप्रिय । पञ्चत्वमनुयास्यामि त्वद्विहीनाद्य दुःखिता
pariṣvajitumicchāmi tvāmahaṃ putra supriya | pañcatvamanuyāsyāmi tvadvihīnādya duḥkhitā
Wahai anakku, yang teramat kusayangi, aku ingin memelukmu. Hari ini, tanpa dirimu dan dilanda duka, aku akan menempuh jalan pañcatva—kembali menjadi lima unsur.
Unspecified (contextually the grieving mother/wife of the sage Dīrghatapā)
Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)
Type: river
Scene: Mother collapses in grief, arms reaching as if to embrace the absent son; behind her, symbolic five elements appear—earth mound, water pot, flame lamp, wind-blown cloth, open sky—hinting at impending dissolution.
FAQs
Extreme grief can push one toward despair; the Purāṇic narrative uses this moment to highlight the need for steadiness (dhairya) and right understanding of life’s karmic order.
The broader setting is the Revā/Narmadā sacred landscape, though the verse is a lament rather than a tīrtha-stuti.
None explicitly; the verse speaks of death (pañcatva), not ritual.