Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 10
संत्यक्ताः पतिभिर्नार्यः पुत्राश्च पितृभिर्निजैः । मातरश्च तथा पुत्रैर्लोकेष्वन्येषु का कथा
saṃtyaktāḥ patibhirnāryaḥ putrāśca pitṛbhirnijaiḥ | mātaraśca tathā putrairlokeṣvanyeṣu kā kathā
شوہر وں نے بیویوں کو چھوڑ دیا، اور باپوں نے اپنے ہی بیٹوں کو ترک کر دیا؛ ماؤں کو بھی بیٹوں نے چھوڑ دیا—پھر اور لوگوں کی کیا بات کہی جائے؟
Sūta (narrator)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A famine-struck settlement: a wife and child left behind at a doorway; an aged mother reaching out as her son turns away; ash-grey sky and desolate streets.
FAQs
When suffering intensifies, even natural bonds can fracture; dharma and compassion are presented as the needed corrective, often restored through sacred guidance and tīrtha merit.
No site is named in this verse; it portrays the societal consequences that the tīrtha’s greatness will counteract in the unfolding narrative.
None explicitly; the verse is a moral-social description of abandonment under extreme famine.