Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 44
शुक उवाच । यथाद्याहं त्वया जातो मया त्वं चान्यजन्मनि । संजातोऽसि मुनिश्रेष्ठ तथाहमपि ते पिता
śuka uvāca | yathādyāhaṃ tvayā jāto mayā tvaṃ cānyajanmani | saṃjāto'si muniśreṣṭha tathāhamapi te pitā
Śuka bersabda: “Sebagaimana hari ini aku lahir daripadamu, demikian juga dalam kelahiran yang lain engkau pernah lahir daripadaku, wahai yang terbaik antara para muni. Maka dengan cara itu, aku juga pernah menjadi ayahmu.”
Śuka
Listener: (addressed) Vyāsa / munīśreṣṭha
Scene: A quiet hermitage setting: Śuka, youthful and radiant with ascetic calm, addresses Vyāsa with paradoxical tenderness—gesturing to the cyclical wheel of births; Vyāsa listens, grave and contemplative.
FAQs
In saṃsāra, relationships shift across births; recognizing this loosens possessiveness and supports renunciation.
No specific tīrtha is mentioned in this verse.
None; it is a philosophical reply about rebirth and relational impermanence.