Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 92
श्रांता चिरोपवासेन निपतन्ती पदेपदे । क्रंदंती वहुरोगार्ता वेपमाना भृशातुरा
śrāṃtā ciropavāsena nipatantī padepade | kraṃdaṃtī vahurogārtā vepamānā bhṛśāturā
طویل روزوں سے نڈھال ہو کر وہ ہر قدم پر گرتی جاتی؛ بلند آواز سے روتی، بہت سی بیماریوں میں مبتلا، کانپتی اور سخت بے قرار تھی۔
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator; specific speaker not explicit in the snippet)
Scene: A frail woman staggers forward, repeatedly collapsing; tears and cries break the silence; her body trembles with fever and weakness.
FAQs
The Purāṇic worldview treats endurance and deprivation as a form of tapas that can become spiritually transformative.
Not specified; the focus is on the Śivarātri-adjacent ordeal that frames the later bestowal of grace.
Upavāsa (fasting) is mentioned as her condition; it functions as an involuntary austerity rather than a stated rule.