Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 116
किं पतामि गिरेः शृंगाद्विषं वा भक्षयामि किम् । त्रैलोक्यराज्यविभ्रष्टो नाहं जीवितुमुत्सहे
kiṃ patāmi gireḥ śṛṃgādviṣaṃ vā bhakṣayāmi kim | trailokyarājyavibhraṣṭo nāhaṃ jīvitumutsahe
کیا میں پہاڑ کی چوٹی سے گر پڑوں، یا زہر پی لوں؟ تینوں لوکوں کی سلطنت سے محروم ہو کر، مجھے جینے کی ہمت نہیں رہی۔
Śakra (Indra/Vāsava)
Type: peak
Listener: Śaunaka and sages
Scene: Śakra, stripped of cosmic confidence, stands at a cliff edge with stormy sky; vajra lowered, eyes burning with grief, contemplating poison or the fall.
FAQs
Despair is not the solution; Purāṇic dharma redirects crisis toward repentance and a prescribed path of purification.
No tīrtha is named in this verse; it sets the emotional turning point before the tīrtha-instruction is revealed.
None directly; it expresses suicidal impulses that are later countered by divine instruction.