Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 72
आह बालक उत्पन्नः शोकस्य वद कारणम् । अथोक्तः स्तन्यरहितं कथं ते जीवितं धृतम्
āha bālaka utpannaḥ śokasya vada kāraṇam | athoktaḥ stanyarahitaṃ kathaṃ te jīvitaṃ dhṛtam
அவள் கூறினாள்— “ஓ குழந்தையே, நீ பிறந்துள்ளாய்; உன் துயரத்தின் காரணத்தைச் சொல்.” பின்னர் கேட்டாள்— “தாய்ப்பால் இன்றித் தன் உயிர் எவ்வாறு நிலைத்தது?”
Subhadrā
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Frame-audience
Scene: Subhadrā, holding the child, gently questions him: why the sorrow, and how he survived without mother’s milk—an intimate inquiry into suffering and providence.
FAQs
Compassionate inquiry is dharmic: one seeks the root of suffering and the means by which life is sustained.
Prabhāsakṣetra, where the māhātmya uses human questions to unfold sacred meaning and divine arrangement.
None; it is interpersonal dialogue within the sacred narrative.