Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 37
न माता न पिता बन्धुः कस्यचिन्न सुहृत्क्वचित् । कस्य न ज्ञायते रूपं वायुभूतस्य देहिनः
na mātā na pitā bandhuḥ kasyacinna suhṛtkvacit | kasya na jñāyate rūpaṃ vāyubhūtasya dehinaḥ
اس ہوا صفت جسم دار کے لیے نہ کہیں ماں ہے، نہ باپ، نہ کوئی رشتہ دار، اور نہ کہیں سچا دوست؛ اور اس کی صورت کسی کو معلوم نہیں ہوتی۔
Mārkaṇḍeya
Tirtha: Revā-khaṇḍa (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira
Scene: An allegory: a translucent, wind-formed traveler (jīva) moving through a landscape while figures labeled mother/father/kin fade like mirages; the traveler’s ‘form’ is indistinct, emphasizing unknowability.
FAQs
Without dharmic order, identity and relationships collapse, leaving life unrooted and unrecognizable.
No tīrtha is mentioned; the verse is ethical-philosophical groundwork within the Revā Khaṇḍa discourse.
None in this verse.