Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 49
येनाऽहं भवता सार्धं प्रवेक्ष्यामि हुताशनम् । पुत्रशोकेन संतप्ता सुभृशं दुःखशांतये
yenā'haṃ bhavatā sārdhaṃ pravekṣyāmi hutāśanam | putraśokena saṃtaptā subhṛśaṃ duḥkhaśāṃtaye
மகன் துயரால் எரிந்த நான், உம்மோடு சேர்ந்து ஹுதாசனத்தில் புகுந்து—என் துக்கம் முழுதும் தணிய வேண்டுமென.
Brāhmaṇī (Mṛkaṇḍa’s wife)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and other ṛṣis at Naimiṣāraṇya (standard Sūta frame; not explicit in this verse)
Scene: A grief-stricken brāhmaṇī speaks to her husband with a resolute, tragic calm, indicating a funeral fire nearby; the atmosphere is heavy, dusk-like, with ash-grey tones and a faint glow of flames.
FAQs
The verse dramatizes grief’s extremity, using fire as a symbol of both suffering and the desire for release.
The scene belongs to the Agnitīrtha-linked narrative context within Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya.
The intention to enter the fire is stated as a narrative act; no formal śāstric procedure is described in this verse.