Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 20
नंदिन्युवाच । ममैव विहितो मृत्युर्न ते पुत्राद्य वासरे । तत्कथं मम जीवं त्वं रक्षस्यसुभिरात्मनः
naṃdinyuvāca | mamaiva vihito mṛtyurna te putrādya vāsare | tatkathaṃ mama jīvaṃ tvaṃ rakṣasyasubhirātmanaḥ
نندنی نے کہا: “موت تو صرف میرے ہی لیے مقرر کی گئی ہے، تمہارے لیے نہیں، اے میرے بیٹے، اسی آج کے دن۔ پھر تم اپنے ہی سانسوں سے میری جان کیسے بچاؤ گے؟”
Nandinī
Tirtha: Gokula (narrative locus)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Mother Nandinī speaks with composed sorrow; her face shows acceptance; the son stands distressed yet determined; the air feels heavy with inevitability.
FAQs
It contrasts filial resolve with the notion of ordained fate, setting up a dharmic inquiry into duty versus destiny.
No tīrtha is identified in this verse; it is part of the moral narrative embedded in the māhātmya.
None; the verse is philosophical and dialogic.