Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 28
तथा दशनसंत्यक्ता कथं भर्तुः स्वमाननम् । दर्शयिष्यामि भूयोऽपि क्षते क्षारोऽत्र मे स्थितः
tathā daśanasaṃtyaktā kathaṃ bhartuḥ svamānanam | darśayiṣyāmi bhūyo'pi kṣate kṣāro'tra me sthitaḥ
பற்கள் பறிக்கப்பட்ட பின், என் கணவருக்கு மீண்டும் நான் எவ்வாறு முகம் காட்டுவேன்—என் மானத்தை எவ்வாறு காப்பேன்? ஏனெனில் இந்தக் காயம் என் உள்ளே இன்னும் காரம் போல எரிகிறது.
Revatī (implied, narrative voice leading into her later direct speech)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A woman, teeth lost and wounded, speaks of shame before her husband; the pain is depicted as an inner burning like alkali, with the sacred precinct offering silent shelter.
FAQs
Personal humiliation and pain are framed as inner wounds that can be transformed through dharmic resolve and devotion rather than despair.
The verse sits within the Nāgara Khaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya, pointing to the merit of remaining in the kṣetra (sacred field) where Ambikā is worshipped, though the precise toponym is not stated in this snippet.
No explicit rite is prescribed here; it expresses the devotee’s inner anguish that motivates later worship.
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