Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 11
मरणांतमेव यास्यामि स्थास्ये संचिंतयन्नदः । स एवं विमृशन्नेव नंदभद्रः स्वयं स्थितः
maraṇāṃtameva yāsyāmi sthāsye saṃciṃtayannadaḥ | sa evaṃ vimṛśanneva naṃdabhadraḥ svayaṃ sthitaḥ
“ข้าพเจ้าจะไปเพียงถึงที่สุดคือความตาย; จะอยู่ ณ ที่นี้” เขาคิดดังนั้น แล้วนัณฑภัทรก็ยืนอยู่ตรงนั้นเพียงลำพัง พลางใคร่ครวญอยู่
Narrator (within Māheśvara-khaṇḍa frame); reported speech of Nandabhadra
Tirtha: Bahūka-taṭa (contextual)
Type: ghat
Scene: Nandabhadra stands alone, motionless, as if rooted to the earth; his face shows a hard-won resolve, the riverbank quiet, time passing in still frames.
FAQs
Human despair can harden into fatal resolve; Purāṇic narratives often introduce a teacher or grace at such moments.
No holy site is specified in this verse.
None; it narrates a personal stance and inner deliberation.