Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 48
परं क्षुत्क्षामकंठेयं भार्या मे प्रियवादिनी । अन्नाभावान्न संदेहः प्रातर्यास्यति संक्षयम्
paraṃ kṣutkṣāmakaṃṭheyaṃ bhāryā me priyavādinī | annābhāvānna saṃdehaḥ prātaryāsyati saṃkṣayam
ยิ่งกว่านั้น ภรรยาผู้กล่าววาจาอ่อนหวานของเรา—ลำคอแห้งผากและอ่อนแรงเพราะความหิว ด้วยความขาดแคลนอาหาร ไม่ต้องสงสัยเลยว่าเธอจะทรุดโทรมลงก่อนรุ่งเช้า
Deductive: the householder/devotee continuing his lament
Type: kshetra
Scene: A frail, sweet-speaking wife with a parched throat and sunken cheeks stands near an empty grain jar; the husband looks on in anguish under dim lamplight.
FAQs
Puranic narratives often show that extreme suffering can become the turning point that drives one toward sincere surrender and righteous action.
The immediate verse is domestic and narrative; the surrounding chapter’s focus remains Mahākāla within a tīrtha-māhātmya frame.
None directly; it provides the emotional and ethical context for the later vrata/pūjā decisions.