Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 9
निर्हृत्य तं बंधुजना जग्मुः स्वं स्वं निवेशनम् । शारदा प्राप्तवैधव्या पितुरेवालये स्थिता
nirhṛtya taṃ baṃdhujanā jagmuḥ svaṃ svaṃ niveśanam | śāradā prāptavaidhavyā piturevālaye sthitā
Matapos siyang dalhin para sa mga huling ritwal, nagsiuwi ang mga kamag‑anak, bawat isa sa sariling tahanan. Si Śāradā, na napasailalim sa pagkabalo, ay nanatili sa bahay ng kanyang ama.
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; exact speaker not in excerpt)
Scene: Relatives depart after funeral rites; the young widow Śāradā remains in her father’s house, seated in quiet grief, the household subdued.
FAQs
Life’s impermanence is acknowledged, and dharma continues through proper rites and rightful shelter; adversity becomes a setting for later merit through virtuous conduct.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it is a narrative transition within the Brahmottarakhaṇḍa.
Implied funeral-related carrying away for rites, but no explicit vrata, dāna, or snāna is prescribed in this verse.