Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 58
मरिष्यति न मे भर्ता ह्यादित्यो नोदयिष्यति । अन्धकारं जगत्सर्वं क्षीयते नाद्य शर्वरी
mariṣyati na me bhartā hyādityo nodayiṣyati | andhakāraṃ jagatsarvaṃ kṣīyate nādya śarvarī
میرا شوہر نہیں مرے گا؛ سورج طلوع نہیں ہوگا۔ سارا جہان تاریکی سے بھر جائے، اور آج یہ رات گزرنے نہ پائے۔
Unspecified woman (contextual speaker within Revā Khaṇḍa narrative)
Listener: Pārtha (addressed in nearby verses; epic-style interlocutor)
Scene: A determined woman pronounces a world-stopping vow: the sun refuses to rise; the horizon remains sealed in night; figures freeze in anxious stillness under a heavy, starless sky.
FAQs
Speech charged with resolve can affect cosmic order; dharma protects life, while adharma invites upheaval.
The larger Revā (Narmadā) sacred narrative context applies; this verse is a dramatic turning point rather than a tīrtha-stuti.
None directly; it highlights the potency of a vow-like declaration (saṅkalpa) and its consequences.