Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 8
ततस्तौ पितरौ द्वौ तु दृष्ट्वा क्षुत्परिपीडितौ । भार्यां च चिंतयामास दुःखेन महतान्वितः
tatastau pitarau dvau tu dṛṣṭvā kṣutparipīḍitau | bhāryāṃ ca ciṃtayāmāsa duḥkhena mahatānvitaḥ
پھر اس نے اپنے دونوں والدین کو بھوک سے ستائے ہوئے دیکھا؛ وہ بڑے غم میں ڈوب گیا اور اپنی بیوی کے بارے میں بھی فکر کرنے لگا۔
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; specific speaker not stated in the provided excerpt)
Listener: dvijottamāḥ (addressed audience)
Scene: Inside a poor hut: two aged parents weak with hunger; Lohajaṅgha stands torn between despair and duty, glancing toward the inner room where his wife sits anxious.
FAQs
Suffering tests dharma: one should respond to family hardship with righteous effort, not with adharma.
This verse functions as narrative setup within the Tīrthamāhātmya; the specific tīrtha is not named in this line.
None here; it describes the household crisis that precedes later moral and tīrtha-related developments.