Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 17
तदहो भारतं खंडं सत्यायुषि त्यजेद्धि कः । अहमेव दृढो मन्ये पितृभ्यां यो विवर्जितः
tadaho bhārataṃ khaṃḍaṃ satyāyuṣi tyajeddhi kaḥ | ahameva dṛḍho manye pitṛbhyāṃ yo vivarjitaḥ
ہائے! جب سچی عمر ابھی باقی ہو تو بھارت کھنڈ کو کون چھوڑے؟ میرے گمان میں تو میں ہی ثابت قدم ہوں—جو ماں باپ دونوں سے محروم ہوں۔
The boy
Tirtha: Bhārata-khaṇḍa (as sacred karmabhūmi)
Type: kshetra
Scene: The boy speaks with sudden firmness, gesturing toward the land as if invoking Bhārata itself; his orphaned state is visible in worn clothing, yet his posture is upright and resolute.
FAQs
Human life—especially in Bhārata, the dharma-land—is not to be thrown away; it should be used for spiritual striving.
No single tīrtha is named; the verse broadly extols Bhārata-khaṇḍa as a spiritually meaningful realm.
None explicitly; the focus is on valuing embodied life and pursuing the liberating path.