Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 32
सतां लक्षणमेतद्धि यद्दृष्ट्वा दुःखितं जनम् । शतसंख्य तस्य भवेत्तथाहं विललाप ह
satāṃ lakṣaṇametaddhi yaddṛṣṭvā duḥkhitaṃ janam | śatasaṃkhya tasya bhavettathāhaṃ vilalāpa ha
یہی نیکوں کی نشانی ہے کہ جب وہ کسی دکھی انسان کو دیکھتے ہیں تو اُن کا غم سو گنا بڑھ جاتا ہے؛ اسی طرح میں نے فریاد کی۔
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced: Māheśvara Khaṇḍa narrative frame)
Scene: A compassionate seer/narrator beholds a grief-stricken ascetic; the onlooker’s face softens, eyes moist, hands in anjali, expressing shared sorrow.
FAQs
A defining trait of the righteous is deep compassion—another’s suffering is felt as one’s own.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it teaches a universal dharmic quality within a tīrtha-narrative setting.
None; it is a moral teaching about the nature of saintly conduct (sādhudharma).