Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 90
तव शिष्यः पुरा भूत्वा कोप्वेषोद्य मलिम्लुचः । मां जिहीर्षति तद्रक्ष शरण्य शरणं भव
tava śiṣyaḥ purā bhūtvā kopveṣodya malimlucaḥ | māṃ jihīrṣati tadrakṣa śaraṇya śaraṇaṃ bhava
“یہ پہلے تمہارا شاگرد رہ چکا ہے؛ اب غصّے میں ڈوبا ہوا یہ کمینہ ملِملوچ مجھے پکڑ لینا چاہتا ہے۔ مجھے اس سے بچاؤ؛ اے پناہ دینے والے، میری پناہ بنو!”
Unspecified (narrative voice within Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa relating an episode)
Listener: Gālava
Scene: The maiden, still being seized, declares the abductor was once the sage’s disciple; she folds hands or reaches toward the sage, calling him ‘śaraṇya’; the abductor’s face shows anger.
FAQs
When danger arises, one should abandon pride and take sincere refuge (śaraṇāgati) in the true protector.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it functions within a moral-epic narrative in the Kaumārikākhaṇḍa.
None; the verse is a plea for protection rather than a rite or vrata instruction.