Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 14
ततोऽहं शोकसंतप्तो विशेषात्क्षुत्तृषार्दितः । उत्पपात क्षितेरूर्ध्वं पश्यमानो दिवं प्रति
tato'haṃ śokasaṃtapto viśeṣātkṣuttṛṣārditaḥ | utpapāta kṣiterūrdhvaṃ paśyamāno divaṃ prati
แล้วข้าพเจ้า ผู้ถูกความโศกเผาผลาญ—ยิ่งนักถูกความหิวและความกระหายบีบคั้น—ก็ผุดพุ่งขึ้นจากพื้นดิน พลางเพ่งมองไปยังท้องฟ้า
A first-person narrator within Revā-khaṇḍa (speaker not explicit in the excerpt)
Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) region (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: A king (rājasattama)
Scene: A famished, thirsty figure, grief-stricken, suddenly springs upward from the earth, eyes fixed on the sky as if seeking a sign.
FAQs
Extreme suffering turns the mind upward toward transcendence; the Purāṇic narrative uses crisis to redirect the seeker from earthbound reliance to higher refuge.
The setting remains Revā-khaṇḍa (Narmadā/Revā sacred region), though this verse narrates the individual’s response rather than a site’s praise.
None is mentioned in this verse.