Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 6
अवस्थां तस्य ते दृष्ट्वा विषादमगमन्परम् । असहित्वा तु तद्दुःखं सर्वे ते मनसा द्विजाः
avasthāṃ tasya te dṛṣṭvā viṣādamagamanparam | asahitvā tu tadduḥkhaṃ sarve te manasā dvijāḥ
اس کی حالت دیکھ کر وہ شدید رنج میں ڈوب گئے۔ اس دکھ کو برداشت نہ کر سکے؛ وہ سب دو بار جنم والے رِشی دل ہی دل میں لرز اٹھے۔
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator)
Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A still tableau: sages with bowed heads and tearful eyes, hands clenched or in prayer; Māṇḍavya’s pain is visible, yet his aura remains steady; the forest seems hushed.
FAQs
The righteous feel another’s pain as their own; compassion is a sign of inner purity.
The broader Revā (Narmadā) sacred landscape frames the story, but no particular tīrtha is praised in this verse.
None; it describes the sages’ emotional response.