Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 7
ततस्ते भ्रातरः सर्वे वज्रपातोपमं वचः । श्रुत्वा दृष्ट्वा च तं शस्त्रैः खंडितं जनकं निजम्
tataste bhrātaraḥ sarve vajrapātopamaṃ vacaḥ | śrutvā dṛṣṭvā ca taṃ śastraiḥ khaṃḍitaṃ janakaṃ nijam
ਫਿਰ ਉਹ ਸਾਰੇ ਭਰਾ, ਵਜ੍ਰਪਾਤ ਵਰਗੇ ਬਚਨ ਸੁਣ ਕੇ ਅਤੇ ਆਪਣੇ ਪਿਤਾ ਨੂੰ ਸ਼ਸਤ੍ਰਾਂ ਨਾਲ ਖੰਡਿਤ ਵੇਖ ਕੇ, ਅਤਿਅਧਿਕ ਆਘਾਤ ਨਾਲ ਸੱਤਬੁੱਧ ਹੋ ਗਏ।
Sūta
Scene: Brothers stand before their father’s weapon-mangled body; one reels as if struck by thunder; weapons and blood implied but not gratuitous, emphasizing stunned grief.
FAQs
When adharma strikes the innocent, it awakens righteous resolve; grief becomes the impetus to defend sacred order.
No named tīrtha is specified in this verse; it continues the hermitage episode within the chapter’s sacred narrative frame.
None; the verse depicts the emotional and ethical turning point after witnessing harm.
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