Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 47
मज्जंतो मम्रिरे केचित्केचिद्ग्राहोदरं गताः । राजपुत्रादयः केचिन्नादृश्यंत महाजले
majjaṃto mamrire kecitkecidgrāhodaraṃ gatāḥ | rājaputrādayaḥ kecinnādṛśyaṃta mahājale
May ilan na lumulubog ay namatay; may ilan ay nadala sa tiyan ng mga buwaya. At may ilan—lalo na ang prinsipe—na hindi na nasilayan sa lawak ng tubig.
Narrator (context not provided; likely Purāṇic narrator within Brāhma Khaṇḍa)
Tirtha: Yamunā
Type: river
Scene: Turbulent river with whirlpools; bodies sinking; crocodiles surfacing with open jaws; a royal youth (prince) vanishing beneath the surface while onlookers scream from the banks.
FAQs
It underscores impermanence and the fragility of embodied life, even for the royal and the strong.
The narrative is set in the waters of the Yamunā, but no particular tīrtha is named.
None.