Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 41
अहो सा दुहिता मह्यं किमु व्यालैः प्रभक्षिता । वृक्षं कंचित्समारूढा पतिता धरणी तले
aho sā duhitā mahyaṃ kimu vyālaiḥ prabhakṣitā | vṛkṣaṃ kaṃcitsamārūḍhā patitā dharaṇī tale
“ہائے! میری بیٹی کو کیا ہو گیا؟ کہیں جنگلی درندوں نے تو اسے کھا نہیں لیا؟ یا کسی درخت پر چڑھ کر زمین پر گر پڑی؟”
Jābāli (lamenting)
Scene: Jābāli stands beneath a large tree, looking upward in dread, then scanning the underbrush for tracks; shadowy forms of beasts suggested at the edge; his hands raised in lament.
FAQs
Human fear magnifies in uncertainty; Purāṇic narratives use such anguish to turn the mind toward refuge in dharma and the sacred.
No tīrtha is named in this verse; it is part of the lead-up within the Tīrthamāhātmya storyline.
None; it is a spoken lament and conjecture.