Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 44
तत्र पश्यसि यन्नाशं स्वकुटुम्बसमुद्भवम् । हिताय तदवस्थायास्तद्भविष्यत्यसंशयम्
tatra paśyasi yannāśaṃ svakuṭumbasamudbhavam | hitāya tadavasthāyāstadbhaviṣyatyasaṃśayam
وہاں جو تباہی تم اپنے ہی خاندان کے اندر سے اٹھتی دیکھتی ہو—جان لو کہ وہ اسی حالت کی بھلائی کے لیے ہوگی؛ اس میں کوئی شک نہیں۔
Unspecified in snippet (continuation of the same narrative voice)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pilgrim/kingly interlocutor (contextual; not explicit in verse)
Scene: A seer-like figure consoles a distressed listener, pointing beyond visible family-ruin to an unseen auspicious outcome; the background hints at a western seashore tīrtha with temple silhouettes and pilgrims.
FAQs
Events that look ruinous may still serve a dharmic good within the larger cosmic order.
Not specified in this verse; the tīrtha context lies outside the snippet.
None.