Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 96
मृतं वा यदि वा नष्टं योतीतमनुशोचति । स दुःखेन लभेद्दुःखं द्वावनर्थो प्रपद्यते
mṛtaṃ vā yadi vā naṣṭaṃ yotītamanuśocati | sa duḥkhena labhedduḥkhaṃ dvāvanartho prapadyate
ਜੋ ਮਰੇ ਹੋਏ, ਜਾਂ ਗੁੰਮ ਹੋਏ, ਜਾਂ ਬੀਤੇ ਹੋਏ ਲਈ ਹੀ ਰੋਇਆ ਕਰਦਾ ਹੈ, ਉਹ ਦੁੱਖ ਨਾਲ ਹੀ ਦੁੱਖ ਪਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ ਅਤੇ ਦੋਹਰਾ ਅਨਰਥ ਆਪਣੇ ਸਿਰ ਲੈਂਦਾ ਹੈ।
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Scene: A grieving figure sits with head bowed; beside him a counselor indicates two burdens—one stone labeled ‘loss’ and another ‘grief’—to show ‘double misfortune’; background subdued.
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It discourages fixation on irreversible loss; dharma emphasizes steadiness of mind and constructive action rather than repeated lamentation.
No particular tīrtha is named in this verse; it functions as moral instruction within a larger tīrthamāhātmya context.
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