Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 10
संत्यक्ताः पतिभिर्नार्यः पुत्राश्च पितृभिर्निजैः । मातरश्च तथा पुत्रैर्लोकेष्वन्येषु का कथा
saṃtyaktāḥ patibhirnāryaḥ putrāśca pitṛbhirnijaiḥ | mātaraśca tathā putrairlokeṣvanyeṣu kā kathā
မိန်းမတို့ကို ခင်ပွန်းတို့က စွန့်ပစ်ကြပြီး၊ သားတို့ကိုလည်း ကိုယ်ပိုင်ဖခင်တို့က စွန့်ပစ်ကြ၏။ မိခင်တို့ကိုပါ သားတို့က စွန့်ပစ်ကြသဖြင့် အခြားသူများအကြောင်းကိုတော့ မည်သို့ဆိုရမည်နည်း။
Sūta (narrator)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A famine-struck settlement: a wife and child left behind at a doorway; an aged mother reaching out as her son turns away; ash-grey sky and desolate streets.
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When suffering intensifies, even natural bonds can fracture; dharma and compassion are presented as the needed corrective, often restored through sacred guidance and tīrtha merit.
No site is named in this verse; it portrays the societal consequences that the tīrtha’s greatness will counteract in the unfolding narrative.
None explicitly; the verse is a moral-social description of abandonment under extreme famine.
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