Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 23
स्मरंती गोकुले बद्धं स्वसुतं क्षीरपायिनम् । दुःखेन रुदतीं तां स दृष्ट्वोवाच मृगाधिपः
smaraṃtī gokule baddhaṃ svasutaṃ kṣīrapāyinam | duḥkhena rudatīṃ tāṃ sa dṛṣṭvovāca mṛgādhipaḥ
นางระลึกถึงลูกวัวของตนที่ถูกผูกไว้ ณ โคคุล ยังดูดนมอยู่ จึงร่ำไห้ด้วยความทุกข์ ครั้นเสือผู้เป็นเจ้าแห่งสัตว์เห็นนางร้องไห้ ก็เอ่ยวาจา
Narrator (then tiger begins speaking next verse)
Tirtha: Arbuda (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: The cow, eyes brimming, recalls her calf tied in the cowshed; the tiger pauses, watching her tears, the forest momentarily still.
FAQs
Parental love and responsibility are powerful dharmic forces; even in danger, the mind turns to duties left behind.
The narrative unfolds in the Arbuda landscape; this verse highlights the ethical drama rather than a specific tīrtha.
None.