Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 75
अस्माकं प्रतिवाचं च शृणु शोकविनाशिनीम् । यथा हि पथिकः कश्चिच्छायार्थी वृक्षमास्थितः । विश्रान्तश्च पुनर्याति तद्वद्भूतसमागमः
asmākaṃ prativācaṃ ca śṛṇu śokavināśinīm | yathā hi pathikaḥ kaścicchāyārthī vṛkṣamāsthitaḥ | viśrāntaśca punaryāti tadvadbhūtasamāgamaḥ
ہماری وہ بات بھی سنو جو غم کو مٹا دیتی ہے: جیسے کوئی مسافر سایہ کی خاطر درخت کے نیچے ٹھہرتا ہے، کچھ دم سستا کر پھر آگے چل پڑتا ہے—اسی طرح جیووں کا ملاپ بھی عارضی ہے۔
Mother (unnamed, within Pulastya’s narration)
Tirtha: Arbuda (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Purāṇic audience; within story, consolers addressing the grieving party ('śṛṇu śoka-vināśinīm')
Scene: A traveler rests beneath a broad tree casting shade; in a parallel vignette, a group of beings meet briefly and then depart along diverging paths—visualizing impermanence.
FAQs
Worldly meetings are transient; understanding impermanence helps dissolve grief and strengthens detachment.
No specific tīrtha is mentioned; the verse offers a universal teaching using a travel metaphor.
None; it prescribes a contemplative perspective (reflection on impermanence) rather than a ritual act.