Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 164
एतत्संस्मृत्य संस्मृत्य विमृशामि पुनःपुनः । न जाने कारणं किंचित्पृच्छन्त्याः कथयस्व मे
etatsaṃsmṛtya saṃsmṛtya vimṛśāmi punaḥpunaḥ | na jāne kāraṇaṃ kiṃcitpṛcchantyāḥ kathayasva me
เมื่อระลึกถึงเรื่องนี้ซ้ำแล้วซ้ำเล่า ข้าก็ใคร่ครวญอยู่ครั้งแล้วครั้งเล่า ข้ามิรู้เหตุเลยแม้แต่น้อย เมื่อข้าถามอยู่ จงบอกแก่ข้าเถิด
Wife
Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: The witness, still haunted, turns to the afflicted (or to a guide) with a direct question: ‘I don’t know the cause—tell me.’ The scene shifts from horror to earnest dialogue.
FAQs
Dharma begins with honest inquiry—seeking the cause of suffering and the right remedy rather than denial.
Not named in this verse; the inquiry sets up the later identification of the Eraṇḍī-saṅgama as the transformative site.
None explicitly; the verse is an appeal for explanation that leads to subsequent rites.