Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 65
तमेवं दृढबंधं सा विज्ञाय बहुदुःखिता । स्वभृत्यैः कारयामास चितां स्वनगराद्बहिः
tamevaṃ dṛḍhabaṃdhaṃ sā vijñāya bahuduḥkhitā | svabhṛtyaiḥ kārayāmāsa citāṃ svanagarādbahiḥ
Sabendo que ele estava assim firmemente resolvido, ela, tomada pela dor, mandou que seus servos construíssem uma pira funerária fora da cidade.
Narrator (context not specified in excerpt)
Scene: A sorrowful woman, attendants and townsfolk at the city’s edge; a freshly built pyre of stacked logs, ritual vessels nearby; dusk-like heaviness, the boundary between city life and cremation ground.
FAQs
Actions driven by remorse can set irreversible consequences in motion, emphasizing careful conduct toward sacred dharma.
No specific tīrtha is identified in this excerpt.
Construction of the funeral pyre (citā) is mentioned as part of death-rites context.