Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 148
दुःखाद्दुःखतरे मग्ना दृष्ट्वा तं पातकान्वितम् । एवं दुःखनिमग्नायाः शर्वरी विगता तदा
duḥkhādduḥkhatare magnā dṛṣṭvā taṃ pātakānvitam | evaṃ duḥkhanimagnāyāḥ śarvarī vigatā tadā
غم سے بڑھ کر غم میں ڈوبی ہوئی، اسے گناہ کی آلودگی سے لپٹا دیکھ کر وہ رنج میں ہی غرق رہی؛ یوں اس پر وہ رات گزر گئی۔
Sūta (deduced narrator)
Tirtha: Revā (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira
Scene: The wife sits awake through the night, eyes swollen, watching her husband’s afflicted form; the sky slowly lightens toward dawn; the house feels heavy with silence.
FAQs
It highlights how awareness of pātaka intensifies suffering, pointing toward the need for purification through dharma and tīrtha-based remedies.
No specific site is mentioned in this verse.
None directly; the verse narrates the emotional and moral crisis.