Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 54
परं विषादमापन्ना क्षणं ध्यात्वाब्रवीद्वचः । कोपात्संरक्तनयना निरीक्षन्ती मुनींस्तदा
paraṃ viṣādamāpannā kṣaṇaṃ dhyātvābravīdvacaḥ | kopātsaṃraktanayanā nirīkṣantī munīṃstadā
شدید رنج میں ڈوبی ہوئی وہ ایک لمحہ دھیان کر کے بولی۔ غضب سے اس کی آنکھیں سرخ ہو گئیں اور اس وقت وہ منیوں کو گھورنے لگی۔
Narrator
Tirtha: Revā-kshetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Śāṇḍilī, momentarily still in contemplation, then turning with reddened eyes toward the assembled sages; tension between sorrow and rising power.
FAQs
Even the righteous can be shaken by grief; the verse sets up the dharmic test of how one responds to fate and speech.
None is named in this verse; it remains within the Revā Khaṇḍa narrative frame.
None; it is descriptive narrative leading into her response.