Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 14
तथागतमथात्मानं दृष्ट्वा स पुरुषर्षभः । तस्थौ तत्रैव शोकार्तः किमेतदिति चिंतयन्
tathāgatamathātmānaṃ dṛṣṭvā sa puruṣarṣabhaḥ | tasthau tatraiva śokārtaḥ kimetaditi ciṃtayan
ครั้นเห็นตนเองตกอยู่ในสภาพเช่นนั้น บุรุษผู้ประเสริฐดุจโคอุสุภะในหมู่มนุษย์ก็ยืนนิ่งอยู่ ณ ที่นั้นเอง เศร้าโศกอัดอั้น ใคร่ครวญว่า “สิ่งนี้เกิดอะไรขึ้นกันเล่า?”
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: A king-like ‘bull among men’ stands motionless in Prabhāsa’s sacred coastal landscape, gazing at his own afflicted body with shock and grief; wind from the sea, distant temples, and pilgrims in the background.
FAQs
Suffering can become the doorway to wisdom when it turns the mind toward honest self-examination and the search for dharmic correction.
The sacred setting remains the divine lake episode within the Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya framework.
None in this verse; it depicts the inner turning that typically precedes atonement (prāyaścitta) in Purāṇic narratives.